Frances E. Bledsoe
Name: Frances E. Bledsoe
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/21/2006
Location: Truman Rd. and Topping Ave.
Kansas City, Missouri, 64127
County: Jackson
Agency: Kansas City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Frances E. Bledsoe was killed when a vehicle fleeing police struck her car as she drive home from Bishop Sullivan Center, a food pantry she volunteered at every Tuesday. The other driver, William C. Shimp Jr., was reportedly trying to elude police after his neighbor reported that he'd brandished a handgun in front of the neighbor's house. Prosecutors charged Shimp with second-degree murder in Bledsoe's death.
Unique ID: 5669
News article: Link
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