J.R. "Ray" Stewart
Name: J.R. "Ray" Stewart
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 11/27/2017
Location: Las Alturas and Sotol Drive
Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88011
County: Dona Ana
Agency: New Mexico State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Daniel Allen Lowell, 34, and Trista Schlaefli, then 32, entered a Border Patrol checkpoint on I-10 in a pickup. Agents at the checkpoint discovered the vehicle was previously reported stolen. Agents asked the driver for identification, and he said he didn't have any. Schlaefi gave agents a stolen driver's license, and Lowell was asked to pull into a secondary lane. The pair fled in the pickup and led agents on a high-speed chase through I-10. They allegedly carjacked a family's SUV at gunpoint and continued driving toward Las Cruces. The chase continued through Las Cruces and onto both I-10 and I-25, reaching speeds of up to 110 mph before the SUV drove into oncoming traffic and through a barbed wire fence onto Las Alturas Drive, where the SUV struck J.R. Stewart, who was on a motorcycle, killing him.
Unique ID: 26714
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