Fatal Encounters

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

Charles Griffin Jr.

Name: Charles Griffin Jr.
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/27/2002
Location: 10th St & N Arlington Ave
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46219
County: Marion
Agency: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Just as police were about to call off the pursuit because of the slick conditions, a pursued suspect going 80 MPH on city streets rammed into a car with mother Tameka Anthony and son Charles Griffin Jr., killing them, also leaving Anthony's fiance, Luther Page, permanently disabled.
Unique ID: 1645

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