Fatal Encounters

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Tyshon A. Anderson

Name: Tyshon A. Anderson
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/15/2017
Location: South Wentworth Avenue and West 47th Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60609
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Two masked men forced a driver out of a car at gunpoint just before 9:50 a.m., police said. The men sped off in the stolen vehicle, with police in pursuit. The chase ended in a crash around 10 minutes later after the driver lost control and crashed into a utility pole. Tyshon A. Anderson was killed; Deangelo M. Williams was injured. Williams, 21, was charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, one felony count of robbery armed with a firearm and two felony counts of murder while committing another forcible felony.
Unique ID: 23491

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