Fatal Encounters

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

Amari Catchings

Name: Amari Catchings
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/21/2016
Location: S State St & E 42nd St
Chicago, Illinois, 60609
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: At about 4:50 p.m., officers investigating a call of a person with a gun walked up to a Chevrolet Equinox. The driver then allegedly took off and crashed into another vehicle in an alley east of State Street. Amari Catchings, a passenger in the Equinox, died at the scene.
Unique ID: 17810

News article: Link






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