Fatal Encounters

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

Norberto Canela

Name: Norberto Canela
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/27/2005
Location: Old Dixie Road and Charles W Grant Pkwy
Atlanta, Georgia, 30354
County: Fulton
Agency: Clayton County Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: The 17-year-old driver who authorities say ran a red light during a police chase and killed a passenger of another car, Norberto Canela, was charged with vehicular homicide. Georgia State Patrol Senior Trooper Larry Schnall said Erica J. Wiggins also is charged with serious injury by vehicle and failure to yield. The result was apparently unreported.
Unique ID: 4565

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