Fatal Encounters

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Frank Levon Maye

Name: Frank Levon Maye
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 10/23/2013
Location: Co Rd 274 & US-82
Eupora, Mississippi, 39744
County: Webster
Agency: Eupora Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Nathaniel Robinson and Frank Levon Maye died as a result of a crash that occurred following a high-speed pursuit of a car in which they were passengers. Driver Brandon Johnson, 27, and the two passengers reportedly fled in a black Nissan Altima after a check cashing business in Grenada was robbed. During the chase, Eupora Officer Keith Crenshaw, 52, was struck and killed by the fleeing vehicle as they tried to avoid stop sticks and ended up on the median where Crenshaw stood. After hitting Crenshaw, the car veered of the road, hitting a pole and a concrete embankment. Robinson died at the scene; Maye died the next day at a Tupelo hospital.
Unique ID: 13580

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