Fatal Encounters

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Michael Wienke

Name: Michael Wienke
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/16/2019
Location: 3900 block East Pikes Peak Avenue
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80909
County: El Paso
Agency: Colorado Springs Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Around 3 a.m., an officer tried to pull over an SUV. The driver, Michael Wienke, refused to stop and sped westbound on Pikes Peak. The officer reportedly did not chase the SUV. Then, about two minutes later, officers learned about a rollover crash in the front yard of a home a few blocks away on Pikes Peak Avenue. Officers determined the crashed SUV was the same one that had sped away from the traffic stop. Wienke was killed.
Unique ID: 26988

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