Fatal Encounters

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Phillip A. Wooden

Name: Phillip A. Wooden
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/10/2019
Location: US-169 and Second Avenue South
Fort Dodge, Iowa, 50501
County: Webster
Agency: Story City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Officers responded to investigate a report of a vehicle theft. At approximately 4:30 a.m., an officer with the Story City Police Department found the vehicle and attempted to stop it, but the driver fled through Story, Hamilton and Webster counties. Story City officers picked up the chase. The van being chased went into a median, and Phillip Wooden was ejected from the vehicle and killed in the crash.
Unique ID: 25478

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