Fatal Encounters

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

Rodney G. Burgess

Name: Rodney G. Burgess
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/21/2002
Location: S Central Ave & W Mound St
Columbus, Ohio, 43223
County: Franklin
Agency: Columbus Division of Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Burgess was killed as he was fleeing police in a car that had been reported stolen. The car crashed into a railroad-bridge abutment on Central Avenue north of W. Mound Street.
Unique ID: 1704

News article: Link






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