Fatal Encounters

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

Dave Salovesh

Name: Dave Salovesh
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/19/2019
Location: 12th St NE & Florida Ave NE
Washington, District of Columbia, 20002
County: District of Columbia
Agency: Washington Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: At approximately 10 a.m., DC Police was alerted of a stolen white van. Officers saw the stolen van and attempted to stop it. The driver, Robert Earl Little Jr., 25, fled. Little failed to stop at a red light and struck a blue Hyundai but continued to travel westbound, where he crossed over the double yellow lines and struck and killed a cyclist, Dave Salovesh, and then struck a tree. Little was charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Unique ID: 26061

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