Philemon Ellis
Name: Philemon Ellis
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/13/2005
Location: 24th Street and Grant Avenue
Ogden, Utah, 84401
County: Weber
Agency: Ogden Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Philemon Ellis and Jessica Nelson were both killed when their vehicle was struck by a suspect fleeing police in a high-speed chase. The suspect had left a suspected gang house at about 2:30 a.m., was driving erratically, and fled a traffic stop. Legal action dragged into 2012, reached the Utah Supreme Court, and involved the city's attorney raising inflammatory questions about the relationship between Ellis and Nelson.
Unique ID: 4762
News article: Link
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