Fatal Encounters

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

Dennis Ray McElderry

Name: Dennis Ray McElderry
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 01/03/2003
Location: US-63 and 170th Street
Bloomfield, Iowa, 52537
County: Davis
Agency: Wapello County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Justin Jacob reportedly led police on a high speed chase. After Jacob's car passed the roadblock, deputy Dennis R. McElderry went to retrieve the stop spikes and was struck by another deputy's patrol car. Jacob was charged with vehicular homicide. In October 2009, Jacob was shot by a state trooper following a pursuit from Centerville to Seymour. Jacob survived.
Unique ID: 2206

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