Rodrick Wright
Name: Rodrick Wright
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/11/2000
Location: Northwest 12th Avenue and Northwest Ninth Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311
County: Broward
Agency: Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Three teenagers in a stolen 1988 Camry blew through a stop sign while being chased by police and crashed into a Kia Sephia full of children. Wright was killed, another 6-year-old was seriously injured. Despite police assertions that officers had observed the department's own no-chase policies, witnesses saw three to five patrol cars in hot pursuit of the stolen car.
Unique ID: 527
News article: Link
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