Fatal Encounters

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

Eric Cage

Name: Eric Cage
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/27/2006
Location: Iowa Street and Lamon Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60651
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Eric Cage was killed after an an unmarked police car struck his motor scooter on the West Side. According to a lawsuit filed by Cage's family, the officer was driving the wrong way down a one-way street, without flashing lights or siren activated.
Unique ID: 5510

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