Fatal Encounters

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Jacob Matthew Barber

Name: Jacob Matthew Barber
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 10/20/2018
Location: US-31W and Battle Training Road
Radcliff, Kentucky, 42701
County: Hardin
Agency: Meade County Sheriff's Office, Vine Grove Police Department, Radcliff Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Police from the Meade County Sheriff's Office, the Vine Grove Police Department and the Radcliff Police Department were pursuing Shawn Welsh, 36, when his 2000 Chevrolet Silverado collided with a 2000 Honda Accord around 8:37 p.m. between Radcliff and Elizabethtown, police said. Jacob Barber, 18, and Katarina Peeters, 17, who were in the Accord, were killed. Welsh was sentenced to four concurrent life sentences for murder and assault.
Unique ID: 25041

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