Donald Heath Meyer
Name: Donald Heath Meyer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/14/2017
Location: Interstate 35 and NW 27 St
Moore, Oklahoma, 73160
County: Cleveland
Agency: Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. D. Heath Meyer had laid stop sticks in Moore when troopers Rodney Rideaux and Clint Painter came up the interstate in pursuit of Dangelo Ladon Burgess, 28. The troopers, attempting to avoid the stop sticks, struck one another. Painter's vehicle then struck Meyer, killing him. Burgess was arrested that night. While Burgess reportedly said he fled because he was driving without a license, the reason police attempted to stop him apparently were not reported. Burgess was found guilty on the charges of murder and endangering others while eluding law enforcement, and not guilty on possessing marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Unique ID: 17882
News article: Link
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