Fatal Encounters

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

William S. Calhoun

Name: William S. Calhoun
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/28/2006
Location: 952 Fulton Avenue
Bohemia, New York, 11716
County: Suffolk
Agency: Suffolk County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Long Island electrician Calhoun died when a vehicle being aggressively chased by county deputies crashed through the walls of his house. The county commissioner defended his chase policy as reasonable and justified; the same jurisdiction caused another chase death seven months later, killing Gabriel Bergtiani. Calhoun had been two months away from retirement.
Unique ID: 5778

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