Fatal Encounters

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Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas

Name: Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 11/21/2021
Location: Austin Street and S 5th St
Sanger, Texas, 76266
County: Denton
Agency: Sanger Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: An officer tried to stop a vehicle, but the driver fled. The officer pursued until the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. Three teenagers -- Kevin Xzavier Angeles, 14, Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas, 15, and Brian Atian Hutson, 16 -- were killed.
Unique ID: 31382

News article: Link






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