Fatal Encounters

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Michael Allen Spencer Mattox

Name: Michael Allen Spencer Mattox
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 06/09/2019
Location: 601 S Main St.
Elkhart, Indiana, 46516
County: Elkhart
Agency: Elkhart Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Police said around 5 a.m. a 911 caller said they could hear a female screaming. As officers arrived, dispatch told them the suspect was was leaving in an SUV. The officers spotted and pursued it. Police said the driver disregarded the railroad crossing arms at Main St/Middlebury St., then collided with a parked car and the Post Office building. The driver of the vehicle was killed.
Unique ID: 26677

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