Fatal Encounters

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William Kurland Joseph Adams IV

Name: William Kurland Joseph Adams IV
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/29/2012
Location: 400 block Taylor Street NE
Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
County: District of Columbia
Agency: Washington Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Based on reports of shots fired, and an unknown man who flagged down police at 3 a.m., officers went looking for a burgundy colored Plymouth minivan with Virginia tags. They found it and started a high-speed pursuit. The Plymouth crashed into a tree and ejected all three occupants. Two of them, Thaddeus Alphonso Howard and William Kurland Joseph Adams IV, were killed.
Unique ID: 15674

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