Fatal Encounters

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Nicholas Ray Johnson

Name: Nicholas Ray Johnson
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/08/2007
Location: 4918 S.W. 28th St.
Topeka, Kansas, 66614
County: Shawnee
Agency: Topeka Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Nicholas Ray Johnson was killed when he crashed his car during a police chase. According to police, the pursuit began at around 11:30 p.m. near SW 21st and Moundview, when an officer in a parking lot saw Johnson driving a 2007 Toyota Scion at more than 80 mph. The chase went west on SW 21st, south on SW Fairlawn, and then east on SW 28th, a meandering residential street that parallels the Shunganunga Creek, before Johnson lost control and crashed into the front of a house. Johnson was killed and a passenger was seriously injured.
Unique ID: 6581

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