Fatal Encounters

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

David Paul Eisenhardt

Name: David Paul Eisenhardt
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/22/2003
Location: M-66 and M-60
Mendon, Michigan, 49072
County: St. Joseph
Agency: Vicksburg Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: David Paul Eisenhardt was stopped by Vicksburg officers for a driving offense, but gave a false name, police said. When officers asked him to step from his car for a second check, Eisenhardt reportedly fled in the 1998 Acura, leading police on a chase down back roads in Kalamazoo, Calhoun and St. Joseph counties at speeds over 100 mph. Officers from Vicksburg, Schoolcraft and the Kalamazoo County sheriff's department chased Eisenhardt. Eisenhardt ran a stop sign on M-66 at M-60 just after 2 a.m. and was hit by a semi-truck. Eisenhardt was pronounced dead at the scene.
Unique ID: 20980

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