Name withheld by police
Name: Name withheld by police
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 05/16/2012
Location: 2501 Fort St.
Trenton, Michigan, 48183
County: Wayne
Agency: Trenton Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Police said they received a report that a man had robbed a gas station in Gibraltar at knifepoint at about 1:15 a.m. Police then got a call a few minutes later saying the man was at a Future Fuels at Fort Street. According to police, the Trenton K-9 unit was the closest to the station and when the officer pulled up, the man drove north on Fort at a high rate of speed. Police said the officer lost sight of the car momentarily and that the driver apparently lost control of his Ford Escort and crashed into Debacker Lawn Care. The man died at the scene.
Unique ID: 21344
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