Fatal Encounters

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Gary Williams

Name: Gary Williams
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/08/2009
Location: Scotten Ave. and Warren Ave.
Detroit, Michigan, 48210
County: Wayne
Agency:
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: 17-year-old Gary Williams, who'd been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the August 9, 2008, deaths of Unique Neely, 19, and LaVette Lee, 20, reportedly stole a 2000 Dodge Stratus, ran a red light and crashed into a Metro Car about 4:30 a.m. Williams died the next day at a hospital. The Metro Car's driver was hospitalized along with the five teens in the Stratus, police said. The crash appears in mlive.com's police chase database, though contemporary reports don't make it clear there was an associated pursuit.
Unique ID: 21235

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