Fatal Encounters

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

Lillian Stahl

Name: Lillian Stahl
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/18/2008
Location: Sixth Street West and Grand Avenue
Billings, Montana, 59101
County: Yellowstone
Agency: Billings Police Department, Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Stahl was driving to her job as a OR nurse when she was broadsided and killed by a drunken driver fleeing the police. A wrongful death suit determined that both local and county officers had violated their own rules of pursuit in the chase, and awarded Stahl's heirs a $400,000 settlement.
Unique ID: 7068

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