Fatal Encounters

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

Julianna Chambers

Name: Julianna Chambers
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 02/15/2017
Location: Columbia Avenue and Gostlin Street
Hammond, Indiana, 46327
County: Lake
Agency: East Chicago Police Department, Hammond Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Julianna Chambers, 13, of Whiting, was killed and Theresa Paramo, 57, seriously injured in the crash with a Highland man fleeing police, according to police. Donnell Howard Jr. pleaded guilty at a court hearing in Lake Criminal Court to resisting law enforcement, a level 3 felony, and resisting law enforcement, a level 5 felony.
Unique ID: 19152

News article: Link






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