Fatal Encounters

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

Delonte Lee

Name: Delonte Lee
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/16/2015
Location: 11898 Acton Ln
Waldorf, Maryland, 20601
County: Charles
Agency: Maryland State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: State troopers attempted to pull Lee over at 1 a.m. for a bad license plate light. Lee refused to stop, possibly because of an outstanding failure-to-appear warrant. He pulled off Route 301 and onto Acton Lane. Police describe the chase halted and then the trooper coming across Lee's fatal one-car wreck shortly after.
Unique ID: 15989

News article: Link






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