Fatal Encounters

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

David Gonyer

Name: David Gonyer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/30/2005
Location: Winnisquam Bridge
Belmont, New Hampshire, 3220
County: Belknap
Agency: Laconia Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Rodney Gladle accelerated in his Mercury Mountaineer after a local police officer attempted a traffic stop for an unspecified moving violation. Police gave chase. Gladle crossed the center line and drove head-on full-speed into the vehicle driven by David Gonyer, killing them both. According to local reporting "eyewitness accounts may contradict the police claim that Gladle wasn't being pursued at the time of the crash."
Unique ID: 4796

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