Fatal Encounters

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Keirre Roberts

Name: Keirre Roberts
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/28/2009
Location: Paulina Street and W Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Keirre Roberts was killed and two other men were seriously injured after their car crashed during a police pursuit on the West Side. Police said they saw a suspicious Chevrolet Lumina in the 1100 block South Karlov Avenue. When officers approached, the driver and two passengers sped away, The officers pursued the car onto the eastbound Eisenhower. The car exited at Paulina and crashed into a tree near West Congress Parkway.
Unique ID: 8557

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