Death by Cop- 2024
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Pedro Garcia
Case # :762
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Latinx
Date : 02/29/2024
Location : South 128th Street and 22nd Avenue South
City : Burien
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : King County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party bystander killed by police “following” a vehicle that fled
Open records summary :
Police tracked a man in a vehicle who had stolen his girlfriend’s dogs until he crashed while fleeing, killing a bystander and gravely injuring a child. Police claim they were only following, not chasing the vehicle. Washington State has had some controversy surrounding police chases and such linguistic parsing after a police-involved traffic fatality is common.