Dawn Bestenlehner
Name: Dawn Bestenlehner
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 08/22/2018
Location: W Thomas Rd & N 31st Ave
Phoenix, Arizona, 85017
County: Maricopa
Agency: Phoenix Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Around 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a call of a burglary alarm at a cell phone repair store. Officers interrupted the Hookup Cellular burglary in progress. Once Shawn Nelson, 39, noticed the officer outside the store, he jumped in a stolen U-Haul truck and hit the officer's patrol car as he was leaving. Nelson drove north where he hit a tow truck, which was hauling a semi-tractor trailer. Nelson continued northbound, hitting pedestrian Dawn Bestenlehner, who was on the sidewalk. The UHaul came to a stop, and the driver got out and ran, but at least one officer arrested him. Shawn Nelson was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, hit-and-run resulting in death or injury and other crimes.
Unique ID: 24849
News article: Link
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