Luis Felipe Mejia-Salgado
Name: Luis Felipe Mejia-Salgado
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 05/02/2021
Location: W Wyatt Earp Blvd & Matt Down Rd
Dodge City, Kansas, 67801
County: Ford
Agency: Gray County Sheriff's Office, Ford County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: At around 2:55 a.m., Ford County dispatch sent a be-on-the-lookout for a suspect wanted in Garden City who allegedly was involved in a stabbing. Gray County deputies located Luis Salgado's vehicle at around 3:17 a.m. The deputies attempted to stop the vehicle by activating their emergency equipment, however, Luis Salgado fled, and a deputies pursued him into Ford County, and Ford County deputies joined the pursuit at 3:24 a.m. A tire deflation device was deployed west of Dodge City deflating one of the vehicle's tires. Salgado continued east into Dodge City before going off the roadway, striking a power pole, and rolling several times. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and killed.
Unique ID: 30179
News article: Link
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