Fatal Encounters

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

Lonnie Lavern Freeman

Name: Lonnie Lavern Freeman
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/28/2013
Location: 815 Ohio Ave. N
Live Oak, Florida, 32064
County: Suwannee
Agency: Suwannee County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Just before 1 a.m. Thanksgiving morning four young people had been chased away from a local McDonalds for harassing patrons, and fled with police in pursuit. Driver Lonnie Freeman lost control of their vehicle and crashed into a building. Freeman and Patrelle Stokes died at the scene, Shiatera Wimbash died in the hospital, and the fourth person was in serious condition.
Unique ID: 13763

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