Fatal Encounters

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

Richard Brieger

Name: Richard Brieger
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 01/10/2014
Location: 3440 E. La Palma Ave
Anaheim, California, 92806
County: Orange
Agency: Anaheim Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Arthur Joseph Taylor, fresh from a 10-year prison stretch, and his brother Richard Brieger robbed a branch bank of $4,000 on a Friday afternoon. They escaped, but with the police in pursuit. Within 10 minutes they'd struck a light pole at full speed. Brieger died right away. Taylor died two days later.
Unique ID: 13931

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