Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Lilian Mae Sloan

Name: Lilian Mae Sloan
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/13/2003
Location: Lafayette St. and St. Aubin St.
Detroit, Michigan, 48207
County: Wayne
Agency: Detroit Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: At about 4:30 p.m., a police cruiser on a radio run hit another car, killing husband and wife Albert Sloan and Lilian Mae Sloan. Witnesses said the patrol car was speeding eastbound on Lafayette when it ran a red light without its emergency lights flashing, colliding with the Sloans' Honda Civic, which was southbound on St. Aubin. One witness said it didn't appear that the officers tried to stop, pointing out the lack of skid marks on the street.
Unique ID: 20975

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