Death by Cop- 2022
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Ruben Contreras Jr.
Case # :76
Gender : Male
Age : 30
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/20/2022
Location : West Hills
City : Los Angeles
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LAPD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
An LAPD helicopter and an unknown presence of squad cars hunted a fleeing motorcycle at high speed until the driver crashed at 130 mph and died. The motorcycle had been alerted as stolen by the squad car’s ALPR license plate reader.