Fatal Encounters

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

Tyrone Tucker

Name: Tyrone Tucker
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/27/2008
Location: Hope Street and Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, California, 90015
County: Los Angeles
Agency: Los Angeles Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Tyrone Tucker was killed when his pickup truck was hit by a vehicle that ran a red light while fleeing police on Thanksgiving Day. The other driver, Daryl Lynch, who was 19 at the time, was convicted in February 2011 of one count each of first-degree murder, carjacking, second-degree robbery, evading an officer causing death and attempted carjacking.
Unique ID: 7662

News article: Link






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