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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/07/2020
Location: E Loop 820 & Brentwood Stair Rd
Fort Worth, Texas, 76112
County: Tarrant
Agency: Fort Worth Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: A man was hit by a vehicle and killed on a Fort Worth highway after he was involved in a fiery wreck and got out to run as police were trying to catch up to him. Police said officers were following the man, but it was not a pursuit-related incident. They had begun following him because he was driving erratically, Perez said, but eventually lost the vehicle. Police did not specify how they could follow an erratic driver without pursuing him.
Unique ID: 28755

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