Fatal Encounters

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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/12/2001
Location: Interstate 40
Moriarty, New Mexico, 87035
County: Torrance
Agency: Moriarty Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: An unidentified man being pursued by police was killed when he ran in front of a semi-truck on Interstate 40 near Moriarty, police said. A police officer attempted to stop the man's vehicle one mile west of Moriarty because he matched the description of an individual being sought by the Torrance County Sheriff's Department in connection with a burglary.
Unique ID: 868

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