Fatal Encounters

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Kenney Lee Spencer

Name: Kenney Lee Spencer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 03/02/2018
Location: I-435 and MO-71
Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
County: Jackson
Agency: Kansas City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: A 911 caller reported a group of around five to six women fighting in a parking lot at the Soul Lounge. When police arrived, two men in a white Ford Explorer sped off. Officers chased them, but they were called off after doing a check of the driver. Another officer drove by a crash moments after the vehicle went over the metal guardrail and crashed into a concrete pillar. The vehicle started smoking. Willie E. Hill, 31, and 32-year-old Kenney L. Spencer, 32, were killed.
Unique ID: 24450

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