Michael J. Brooks Jr.
Name: Michael J. Brooks Jr.
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/17/2021
Location: 1000 block County Welfare Road
Leesport, Pennsylvania, 19533
County: Berks
Agency: Bern Township Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Bern Township officers on patrol turned around to get behind a car for unspecified reasons. The driver of the vehicle fled. Officers tried to catch up to the car, but the brief getaway attempt ended when the car had slammed into a tree. Michael Brooks Jr., 20, and a 15-year-old girl from Lebanon were pronounced dead around 3:30 a.m. The coroner did not release the girl's name because of her age, and provided no legal justification for the withholding of the name.
Unique ID: 30451
News article: Link
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