Eduardo Gutierrez Godinez
Name: Eduardo Gutierrez Godinez
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 10/31/2003
Location: 5600 W. Cermak
Cicero, Illinois, 60804
County: Cook
Agency: Cicero Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Eduardo Godinez died after a Chevrolet Blazer crashed into him while officers detained him. Police were reportedly breaking up a fistfight at about 8 p.m., when the Blazer hit Godinez as he stood with his hands on the trunk of a police car that did not have its emergency lights activated. Godinez' legs were severed and he died at a hospital. One officer was treated and released, and another was hospitalized in stable condition. Police were unsure whether the officers were injured from flying debris or by the Blazer. The driver, Luis Contreras, 25, was charged with reckless homicide and DUI. In 2008, a Cook County jury awarded $7.5 million in a wrongful death suit brought by Godinez' family.
Unique ID: 2897
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