Fatal Encounters

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

Lucas Gabrielson

Name: Lucas Gabrielson
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/24/2004
Location: SE 40th St. and SE Messer Road
Columbus, Kansas, 66725
County: Cherokee
Agency: Kansas Highway Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Lucas Gabrielson was a passenger who was killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase. Trooper Jim Irwin pursued a pickup truck driven by Michael Blair, 16, for several miles after reportedly clocking it at 96 mph. Blair and four other boys were injured in the crash. Blair pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 13.5 months in prison.
Unique ID: 3792

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