Fatal Encounters

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

Marina Barajas

Name: Marina Barajas
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/20/2010
Location: N 16th Ave & Englewood Ave
Yakima, Washington, 98902
County: Yakima
Agency: Yakima Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Pascual Ayala and his passenger Marina Barajas were both killed as a suspect pursued by police slammed into their vehicle. Their families contended that the 14-minute high speed chase through city streets was irresponsible and should have been halted. The Barajas family was awarded $400K; the Ayala family $250K.
Unique ID: 9224

News article: Link






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