Fatal Encounters

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Adolphus D. Knight

Name: Adolphus D. Knight
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 03/12/2019
Location: I-75 and Jodeco Road
McDonough, Georgia, 30253
County: Henry
Agency: Henry County Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Adolphus Knight, 19, of Riverdale, and Kalif Patterson, 38, of Dalzell, S.C., were both killed. Officers were pursuing Knight on I-75 North about 2 a.m. when the vehicle left the interstate, turned around, re-entered I-75 North going the wrong direction and hit a Ford F-150 head-on, police said. Patterson was driving the Ford.
Unique ID: 25996

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