Fatal Encounters

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

Ignacio Arcos Pacheco

Name: Ignacio Arcos Pacheco
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/29/2008
Location: Dr M.L.K. Jr. Expy & I-40 & Warford St
Memphis, Tennessee, 38128
County: Shelby
Agency: Shelby County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Shelby County Sheriff's deputy Alvin Dortch, who was convicted last year of filing a false report, was acquitted by the trial court of a reckless homicide charge. In 2008, Dortch shot out the tire of a car being driven by fleeing DUI suspect Ignacio Arcos, whose car crashed moments later, killing him. Investigators didn't discover that Dortch had fired at the vehicle until they reviewed dashboard video more than 12 hours after the incident.
Unique ID: 23101

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