Fatal Encounters

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

Philip Nievas

Name: Philip Nievas
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/26/2021
Location: Lawrence Expy and Mitty Way
San Jose, California, 95014
County: Santa Clara
Agency: Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Around 10 p.m., Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies pursued a driver until they crashed into another car, killing sister and brother, Precious Nievas, 25, and 21-year-old Philip Nievas. 18-year-old Roberto Joseph Garcia was charged.
Unique ID: 30112

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