Javon Donta Butts
Name: Javon Donta Butts
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/20/2008
Location: 2400 block Defense Road
Petersburg, Virginia, 23805
County: Petersburg City
Agency: Petersburg Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Javon Butts, 19, and passenger Donte Howlett, 18, were killed when their car crashed into some trees. A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured. Police said Butts made a purchase at the 7-Eleven around the same time an officer was responding to a call of a possible shoplifting. Butts almost backed into the officer's patrol car in the parking lot, police said. The officer assumed they were the suspects and ordered them to pull over, but Butts fled, probably because he was driving without a license.
Unique ID: 22715
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