Fatal Encounters

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

Isaac Okoroafor

Name: Isaac Okoroafor
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/09/2000
Location: Colfax Avenue and Depew Street
Lakewood, Colorado, 80214
County: Jefferson
Agency: Edgewater Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A driver speeding away from police crashed into another vehicle in Lakewood, killing 28-year-old Isaac Okoroafor of Denver, a Nigerian immigrant who was holding down two jobs and studying accounting at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Okoroafor was killed when a speeding 1997 Toyota Corolla failed to stop at a stop sign at West Colfax Avenue and Depew Street and broadsided his car, killing him.
Unique ID: 268

News article: Link






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