Fatal Encounters

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

Mary Celine Graham

Name: Mary Celine Graham
Age: 83
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/22/2010
Location: West 122nd Street and Lenox Avenue
New York City, New York, 10027
County: New York
Agency: City of New York Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Graham, an elderly Catholic nun, was one of three pedestrians struck by a minivan that had been stopped by NYPD after a gunpoint robbery. The driver had been taken into custody, but another suspect grabbed the wheel and took off through the streets of Morningside Heights, with police in pursuit. Witnesses described the chase much differently than the officials.
Unique ID: 9234

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