Fatal Encounters

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Ray Lee Jim

Name: Ray Lee Jim
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/06/2020
Location: I-40
Gallup, New Mexico, 87301
County: McKinley
Agency: New Mexico State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Police encountered Gerard John and Ray Jim around 11.55 pm in a motel parking lot where they'd allegedly been brandishing a gun. The pair fled in a pickup truck and police pursued as one of the men threw objects such as cinder blocks and a bicycle at police. One officer fired a shotgun at the pair as their pickup was speeding the wrong way on Interstate 40. About one minute later, the pickup crashed head-on into a big rig and John and Jim were killed.
Unique ID: 28227

News article: Link






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