Fatal Encounters

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

Erving Cobb

Name: Erving Cobb
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/17/2005
Location: 721 Jones Ave NW
Atlanta, Georgia, 30314
County: Fulton
Agency: Atlanta Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Erving Cobb, one of three men who took off in a car after spotting a police van, was killed when the car collided with a sport utility vehicle, police said. Police later learned the red Ford Focus had been stolen, and officers recovered an AK-47 and a handgun inside.
Unique ID: 4218

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