Fatal Encounters

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David Torrez

Name: David Torrez
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 03/11/2017
Location: Broadmoor Avenue and 52nd Street SE
Kentwood, Michigan, 49512
County: Kent
Agency: Michigan State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: State police attempted to conduct a traffic stop in Kentwood. The driver, Alejandro Torrez, refused to stop, and a chase ensued. Torrez's car, traveling east, crashed into a northbound car at an intersection. Torrez's cousin, 15-year-old David Torrez, was killed. The lone occupant and driver of the northbound car, Tara Oskam, was also killed.
Unique ID: 19841

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