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On 08/26/2025, at approximately 3:50 p.m., 35-year-old Shaunte Denise Canty of Washington, D.C., was driving east on Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in Landover with her young child when a stolen vehicle carrying four teenage boys ran a red light on Sheriff Road and struck the side of Canty’s vehicle. Canty died at the scene. Her child was seriously injured but survived.
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The events leading to the fatal crash began when Seat Pleasant police officers spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen on 08/22/2025 in the area of Seat Pleasant Drive and Joplin Street. Rather than immediately attempting a traffic stop, a Seat Pleasant officer began following the stolen vehicle from a distance while police waited for helicopter assistance from the Prince George’s County Police Department.
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Seat Pleasant police said the officer was deliberately maintaining distance to avoid alerting the driver. An on-duty police commander subsequently ordered the officer to stop following the vehicle. Police said the officer complied with the order and turned back toward Seat Pleasant.
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Shortly afterward, the stolen vehicle accelerated north on Sheriff Road. Its driver ran the red light at Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and crashed into Canty’s vehicle as she traveled through the intersection.
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Three teenagers in the stolen vehicle were injured and hospitalized. A fourth was taken into custody at the scene. Police initially reported that the four boys were between 15 and 17 years old.
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Prince George’s County police subsequently identified the driver as Michael Collins. Prosecutors charged Collins as an adult. In October 2025, a Prince George’s County grand jury indicted him on charges connected to the stolen vehicle and Canty’s death.
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On 03/31/2026, Collins pleaded guilty to grossly negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle and auto theft. Prince George’s County prosecutors confirmed that Collins was driving the stolen vehicle when he ran the red light and struck the vehicle carrying Canty and her child.
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The Prince George’s County Police Department Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit investigated the fatal collision. The police account distinguishes the Seat Pleasant officer’s actions from a formally declared pursuit, describing the officer as following the stolen vehicle from a distance and then disengaging on a supervisor’s order before the collision. The fatal sequence nevertheless originated with police surveillance of the stolen vehicle immediately before it accelerated away and crashed into Canty.
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Canty was the mother of two children. Her family established a fundraiser following her death to help with funeral expenses, her injured child’s medical needs and care of her children.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Seat Pleasant police officer who followed the stolen vehicle and the on-duty commander who ordered the officer to disengage have not been publicly identified.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/26/prince-georges-woman-dead-juvenile-car-crash/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-mother-killed-when-4-teens-stolen-car-slam-her-her-child
https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2025/08/woman-dead-3-teens-injured-after-prince-georges-co-crash/
https://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2025/08/pgpd-investigating-fatal-two-vehicle.html
https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/news-events/news/states-attorney-announces-indictment-charges-related-fatal-mlk-crash
https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/news-events/news/states-attorney-announces-plea-fatal-mlk-crash-killed-35-year-old-woman
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-woman-killed-2-car-crash-4-teens-stolen-vehicle-identified
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-shaunte-cantys-family-after-tragic-loss

On 08/24/2025, at approximately 1:16 a.m., Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputies Kasey Loudermilk and Christopher Monda were patrolling downtown Cleveland when they encountered a vehicle near East 13th Street and St. Clair Avenue. Loudermilk was driving the sheriff’s cruiser and Monda was riding in the passenger seat. Deputies reported that the vehicle was traveling recklessly without headlights and that they suspected its driver was impaired.
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Loudermilk attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver continued east on St. Clair Avenue while Loudermilk pursued. The pursuit was authorized by a sheriff’s supervisor and continued despite rapidly increasing speeds.
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During the pursuit, Loudermilk requested and received permission from Sgt. Schlegel to use a PIT maneuver. Loudermilk later wrote that speeds exceeding 80 mph made an immediate PIT unsafe. He accelerated in an effort to catch the vehicle and considered either a PIT maneuver, channeling the vehicle or using a rolling roadblock.
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At one point, Loudermilk pulled alongside or attempted to pull alongside the vehicle. The driver abruptly stopped and turned off St. Clair Avenue. Loudermilk lost sight of the vehicle, made a U-turn and resumed the pursuit after seeing it emerge from a dark lot near Addison Road and St. Clair Avenue.
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Loudermilk again accelerated to catch the vehicle in preparation for another attempt to stop it. Another deputy involved in the pursuit reported that the vehicle reached speeds exceeding 100 mph on St. Clair Avenue.
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At approximately 1:18 a.m., less than three minutes after the pursuit began, 37-year-old Sharday Denise Elder was driving through the intersection near St. Clair Avenue and Addison Road when the pursued vehicle crashed into the driver’s side of her car at high speed. Cleveland surveillance video shows Elder arriving at the intersection moments before the collision.
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The impact severely damaged Elder’s vehicle and trapped her inside. Her passenger, Joshua Earnhert, suffered serious injuries, including a double pelvic fracture. The pursued vehicle contained the driver, an adult woman and a 16-year-old girl; all three were injured, with the teenager suffering a spinal injury.
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The sheriff’s cruiser driven by Loudermilk then sideswiped the wreckage. Monda was injured in the collision. His body-camera recording shows him getting out of the cruiser, initially approaching the pursued vehicle and then returning to Elder’s vehicle. Monda remained with Elder as firefighters worked to free her.
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Elder was transported to University Hospitals, where she died from her injuries. She was a mother of two children, ages 16 and 11.
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The pursued driver was identified as 24-year-old Jaymone Whitaker II. He was indicted on charges including involuntary manslaughter, aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault, failure to comply, child endangering and impaired driving. On 06/01/2026, Whitaker pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular assault, failure to comply and impaired driving.
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Cuyahoga County placed Loudermilk and Monda on paid administrative leave following the fatal pursuit. A special prosecutor reviewed the pursuit and declined to pursue criminal charges against the deputies.
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The fatal crash intensified scrutiny of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department’s pursuit practices. In October 2025, Sheriff Harold Pretel substantially restricted the department’s vehicle-pursuit policy. The revised policy generally limits pursuits to circumstances involving specified violent felony offenses, with additional provisions governing impaired drivers and other serious circumstances.
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In March 2026, Elder’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel and deputies involved in the pursuit. The lawsuit alleges that deputies conducted a reckless high-speed pursuit and violated applicable pursuit standards, creating an unreasonable danger to motorists including Elder.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Deputy Kasey Loudermilk drove the lead sheriff’s cruiser during the pursuit that ended in Sharday Elder’s death. Deputy Christopher Monda was riding in Loudermilk’s passenger seat. Sgt. Schlegel provided supervisory authorization for Loudermilk to use a PIT maneuver during the pursuit.
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This was Loudermilk’s second police pursuit in approximately five months that resulted in the death of an uninvolved woman. On 03/28/2025, Loudermilk led a high-speed pursuit that ended when the pursued driver crashed into a Range Rover driven by 48-year-old Tamya Westmoreland near Interstate 90 and Eddy Road. The impact sent Westmoreland’s vehicle approximately 40 feet from the bridge, where it caught fire. Westmoreland was ejected and died from her injuries on 04/13/2025. The pursued driver also died.
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A special prosecutor subsequently reviewed the Westmoreland pursuit and declined to bring criminal charges against Loudermilk. Five months later, Loudermilk initiated the pursuit that killed Elder.
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Loudermilk’s personnel file revealed significant problems during his hiring process. During the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department background investigation, Loudermilk denied having accepted a police job with Cleveland Clinic despite having done so. After investigators contacted his previous supervisor and questioned him again, Loudermilk admitted that he had lied about accepting the position.
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Loudermilk also omitted from his employment application that the Ohio State Highway Patrol had rejected him after he failed a polygraph examination and that the Highland Heights Police Department had disqualified him after he failed a physical-agility test. The sheriff’s polygraph examiner documented these issues and advised that the information should be considered when deciding whether Loudermilk was an acceptable candidate. The Sheriff’s Department hired him anyway.
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Loudermilk was also involved in an October 2024 police shooting following a vehicle pursuit in downtown Cleveland. Loudermilk and Deputy Isen Vajusi pursued a stolen Nissan carrying three teenagers. After the vehicle crashed and the teenagers ran, deputies fired their weapons and a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg.
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After reporting revealed the discrepancies in Loudermilk’s hiring background, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office began reviewing whether his admitted dishonesty created credibility issues when he was used as a prosecution witness.
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In March 2026, a public defender sought to overturn a conviction in a case involving Loudermilk, arguing that information concerning his admitted dishonesty during the hiring process was relevant to his credibility as a police witness.
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https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/one-dead-several-injured-after-overnight-pursuit-ends-in-crash-on-st-clair-avenue/95-c8713ff6-5a83-4d4e-8ea3-434d37e31baf
https://www.wkyc.com/video/news/local/cleveland/one-dead-several-injured-after-overnight-pursuit-ends-in-crash-on-st-clair-avenue/95-e13a2fbc-ce68-4537-b099-e8b9db3d4292
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/08/24/woman-an-apparent-innocent-victim-killed-cuyahoga-county-sheriffs-chase/
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/we-follow-through/body-cam-video-released-in-deputy-chase-and-deadly-crash-that-killed-innocent-mother-of-2
https://www.ideastream.org/law-justice/2025-08-28/cuyahoga-county-sheriff-lifted-restrictions-on-vehicle-pursuit-tactic-after-taking-office
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/28/cuyahoga-deputies-hired-downtown
https://www.ideastream.org/law-justice/2025-02-06/under-pressure-cuyahoga-county-releases-video-of-teens-shooting-by-deputy
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/special-prosecutor-determines-cuyahoga-county-deputies-did-not-cause-crash-that-killed-innocent-driver
https://www.ideastream.org/law-justice/2026-03-30/families-of-women-killed-in-cuyahoga-sheriffs-deputy-pursuits-sue-those-involved
https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/06/01/driver-pleads-guilty-death-innocent-woman-killed-during-cuyahoga-county-sheriffs-chase/
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-give-sharday-elder-a-proper-burial

On August 24, 2025, police attempted a traffic stop for a missing license plate. Police escalated a high-speed chase after Justin Eckhart reached speeds up to 150 mph. Police claim they called off the chase after briefly losing visual contact. Shortly thereafter, Eckhart crashed into the driver’s side of a minivan turning at the intersection of U.S. 224 and Township Road 259. He was ejected from the motorcycle and died at the scene. The minivan’s occupants, a 77-year-old driver and a 79-year-old passenger, sustained minor injuries.

https://www.hometownstations.com/news/hancock_county/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-after-high-speed-chase-in-findlay/article_0c8e7944-2a11-4bb4-908d-eeefb6972682.html
https://wfin.com/local-news/sheriffs-office-involving-fatal-crash-involving-motorcyclist/

On August 23, 2025, around 2:30 a.m., Everett Police attempted to conduct an alleged DUI stop but the driver refused to yield and fled, prompting a pursuit by Washington State Patrol troopers, which was later taken over by Everett Police Department. The chase continued until the pursued vehicle crashed into a commercial building, resulting in the driver’s death and a passenger sustaining injuries. Under Washington law (RCW 10.116.060), police may engage in a vehicular pursuit only when there is reasonable suspicion the driver violated the law, the pursuit is necessary, and the driver poses a greater safety risk if not apprehended, all requiring supervisory notification and oversight. It remains unclear whether these conditions were met or adhered to in this case.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/car-crashes-everett-wa-building-killing-1-hospitalizing-another
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/one-dead-vehicle-fleeing-dui-stop-crashes-everett/281-a2878831-e052-478b-8c4a-8b6bdc4534ba

On 08/23/2025, at approximately 4:37 p.m., 38-year-old Erasmo Huerta Gonzalez was lying on United Nations Avenue South inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park when NYPD Officer Levonje Devone drove a marked police cruiser over him. United Nations Avenue South is an interior park roadway normally closed to civilian traffic. During the U.S. Open, it was being used by NYPD, Parks Department and authorized employee vehicles.
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Gonzalez, a Queens resident originally from Mexico, had moved to the United States in 2012. He was the father of a 16-year-old son who lived in Mexico and the youngest of six siblings. His family said he loved soccer and described him as an upbeat person.
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Approximately one minute before Devone struck Gonzalez, two New York Mets employees called 911 to report a man lying in the roadway. At least one person attempted to warn the approaching police vehicle. NYPD Lt. Maritza Meade was also nearby and saw Devone’s cruiser moving toward Gonzalez. Meade ran toward the driver’s side and attempted to get the officers’ attention.
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Devone was driving with Officer Keisha Compere in the passenger seat. Witnesses initially told Streetsblog that Devone and Compere appeared to be talking and looking toward each other rather than at the roadway immediately before the collision.
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The subsequent New York Attorney General investigation identified Devone as the driver and produced considerably more detailed evidence about the moments before impact. Investigators found that Devone had an open tube of lip gloss between the thumb and index finger of her right hand while that hand held the steering wheel. She had the applicator in her left hand.
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Devone was traveling approximately 7 mph. Despite the low speed, the cruiser drove over Gonzalez and dragged him approximately ten feet before stopping. Compere told investigators that she heard what sounded like low screams or moaning beneath her side of the patrol car. Officers subsequently used a jack to raise the vehicle and free Gonzalez.
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Emergency personnel transported Gonzalez to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. He was pronounced dead at approximately 5:14 p.m. The medical examiner determined that he died from blunt-force injuries to his torso caused by being struck and run over by the police vehicle.
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Gonzalez’s family said police did not notify them of his death. His relatives learned what had happened four days later after one of Gonzalez’s friends contacted a family member. Two of his brothers then went to a police precinct and identified him from photographs. His family publicly criticized the NYPD for providing virtually no information about his death.
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The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation opened an independent investigation on 08/26/2025 because state law requires the office to investigate deaths potentially caused by police action or omission. Investigators reviewed body-camera recordings, cell-phone information, collision evidence and witness accounts.
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The investigation determined that Gonzalez was wearing dark clothing while lying on dark asphalt in a shadowed portion of the roadway and that Devone had been driving into sunlight immediately before reaching him. The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad calculated her speed at approximately 7 mph.
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On 04/14/2026, the Attorney General’s Office closed its criminal investigation without filing charges against Devone. The Office of Special Investigation concluded that prosecutors could not prove criminally negligent homicide beyond a reasonable doubt.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
NYPD Officer Levonje Devone was driving the marked police cruiser that ran over and killed Erasmo Huerta Gonzalez. Devone was assigned to Queens’ 109th Precinct and had joined the NYPD in 2021.
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The Attorney General’s investigation established that Devone was holding an open tube of lip gloss against the steering wheel with her right hand and an applicator in her left hand immediately before the collision. A nearby NYPD lieutenant and at least one civilian attempted to alert the officers as the cruiser approached Gonzalez.
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Devone declined through her attorney to be interviewed by the Attorney General’s investigators. The Office of Special Investigation ultimately declined criminal charges on 04/14/2026. Devone remained employed by the NYPD following the investigation.
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https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/03/cop-who-fatally-struck-a-man-in-flushing-meadows-park-wasnt-even-looking-witnesses
https://gothamist.com/news/man-dies-after-police-run-over-him-lying-on-flushing-meadows-corona-park-road-nypd
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/cop-fatally-runs-over-man-in-flushing-meadows-park/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/queens-nypd-officer-fatally-hits-man-in-flushing-meadows-corona-park/6383032/
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-office-special-investigation-opens-investigation-24
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-office-special-investigation-releases-report-death-erasmo
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/reports/osi-erasmo-huerta-gonzalez-report.pdf
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/20/ag-james-wont-charge-cop-who-ran-over-and-dragged-sleeping-man-in-park-while-applying-makeup
https://queenseagle.com/all/2026/4/16/officer-who-ran-over-man-in-queens-park-wont-be-charged-in-his-death
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-erasmos-final-journey-home

On 08/23/2025, at approximately 7:40 p.m., Milwaukee police officers spotted a vehicle in the 6000 block of West Meinecke Avenue that was wanted in connection with a recent nonfatal shooting. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle specifically because of its connection to that shooting. The driver continued away while police pursued.
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The subsequent Milwaukee Police Department review documented that the pursuit lasted approximately five minutes and covered 3.45 miles. Police reported that speeds reached two to three times the posted residential speed limits. During the pursuit, the driver traveled into oncoming traffic, disregarded multiple stop signs and nearly struck other motorists.
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At North 51st Street and West Center Street, the pursued driver entered the intersection against a red light and crashed into a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Hasan Harris, who was traveling west on Center Street. Harris had no involvement in the police investigation or the vehicle being pursued.
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The collision killed Harris at the scene. His 31-year-old passenger, identified by Harris's family as his brother, suffered serious injuries. Relatives described Harris as the father of a two-year-old son and an aspiring musician.
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Three people were in the pursued vehicle. Two ran from the crash scene while a 17-year-old passenger was transported to Froedtert Hospital with serious injuries. Police subsequently arrested one 17-year-old and continued searching for another person who had fled.
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Harris's family publicly criticized Milwaukee police for continuing the high-speed pursuit through residential streets. Family members and friends returned to the crash site the following day and called on the department to change its pursuit practices. In September, Harris's family and other community members took those concerns to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission as the city faced mounting deaths from police pursuits.
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Milwaukee Police Department records subsequently provided substantially more detail about the pursuit than the initial news reports, including its five-minute duration, 3.45-mile distance, extreme speeds, travel into oncoming traffic, ignored stop signs and the final red-light collision that killed Harris.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Milwaukee police officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit that killed Hasan Harris have not been publicly identified.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/pursuit-ending-in-fatal-crash-leaves-one-dead-milwaukee-police-say
https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/stop-chasing-these-cars-friends-and-family-mourn-father-milwaukee-police-chase-ends-in-crash
https://www.cbs58.com/news/one-person-dead-after-milwaukee-police-chase-and-crash-ends-near-51st-and-w-center-st
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-chase-ends-fatal-crash-driver-wanted
https://www.fox6now.com/news/mpd-chase-ends-fatal-crash-questions-current-chase-policy
https://www.cbs58.com/news/people-call-for-change-in-mpd-pursuits-at-milwaukee-fire-and-police-commission-meeting
https://milwaukee.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=C48F1A9A-B2DC-4135-ABCB-0FC27068BE14&ID=14870899&M=F

On 08/23/2025, shortly after 10 p.m., Moncks Corner police responded to a reported physical assault involving a firearm at the Walmart in Moncks Corner. Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies were called to assist Moncks Corner police. Deputies saw a silver Mercedes SUV leaving the scene as they arrived and attempted to stop it. The reported assault involving a firearm was therefore the specific incident that brought police to the scene and led deputies to attempt the traffic stop.
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The Mercedes continued away while Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies pursued it. The pursuit traveled along North Highway 52 and then North Live Oak Drive toward the intersection with South Carolina Highway 6.
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At approximately 10:08 p.m., the Mercedes reached the intersection of North Live Oak Drive/U.S. 17A and Highway 6, where a 2003 Infiniti SUV was stopped at the traffic light. The Mercedes crashed into the rear passenger side of the Infiniti.
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Robert Anderson, 45, of Summerville, was riding as a passenger in the Infiniti. Anderson and the Infiniti's driver were transported to Trident Medical Center. Anderson died from his injuries. The driver suffered serious injuries. Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell subsequently identified Anderson as the person killed in the crash.
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After the collision, police arrested the Mercedes driver following a brief foot chase. The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated the fatal collision, while the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated evidence recovered from the Mercedes and Moncks Corner police handled the original assault investigation.
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol filed charges of failure to stop for police resulting in death, failure to stop for police resulting in great bodily injury, felony DUI resulting in death and felony DUI resulting in great bodily injury. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office filed additional firearm, marijuana and resisting-arrest charges, while Moncks Corner police filed a third-degree assault and battery charge arising from the incident that preceded the pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies who attempted the traffic stop and participated in the pursuit that ended in Robert Anderson’s death have not been publicly identified.

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/berkeley-county-news/1-dead-1-injured-in-moncks-corner-after-driver-slams-into-vehicle-during-pursuit/
https://www.live5news.com/2025/08/24/coroner-identifies-victim-moncks-corner-rear-end-collision/
https://www.live5news.com/2025/08/25/man-facing-11-charges-after-fight-deadly-chase-berkeley-county-deputies-say/

On 08/23/2025, shortly before noon, Glastonbury police responded to the intersection of Main Street/Route 17 and Great Pond Road after a caller reported a woman slumped over the steering wheel of a Toyota Camry. The driver was subsequently identified as 29-year-old Abigail Rose Mann of Meriden.
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Dash-camera footage later released by Glastonbury police shows an officer arriving with emergency lights and siren activated, getting out of the cruiser and approaching Mann's 2003 Toyota Camry. The officer found Mann unresponsive or apparently asleep behind the wheel while the vehicle was stopped at the intersection.
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The officer approached the passenger side of the Camry and attempted to open the door. After Mann became alert, the officer ordered her to put the vehicle in park, turn off the engine and open the door. Mann instead drove away while the officer was beside the vehicle. The officer returned to the patrol car and began pursuing her south on Route 17.
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The pursuit continued toward the Glastonbury-Portland town line. Police video and later reporting established that the Glastonbury officer was ordered to terminate the pursuit near Rockwood Drive. The officer disengaged before Mann crossed farther into Portland.
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A short time later, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Mann was driving south on Route 17 in Portland near Overlook Court when she lost control of the Camry. The car rotated sideways and crossed into the northbound lane.
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A northbound 2016 Honda Pilot carrying an adult woman and a teenage passenger struck Mann's Camry. Mann was the only person in the Camry and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two people in the Honda were treated at the scene and transported to a hospital with injuries later described as non-life-threatening.
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Portland police investigated the fatal collision and asked witnesses to contact Officer Joshua Bailey. The department subsequently identified Mann on 08/27/2025 after notification of her family.
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Later-released police video provided important additional evidence about the encounter preceding the crash, establishing that the Glastonbury officer briefly pursued Mann after she drove away and that police terminated the pursuit before the fatal collision.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Glastonbury police officer who approached Abigail Mann and subsequently pursued her has not been publicly identified.
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https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/portland-route-17-crash-20943709.php
https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/portland-route-17-fatal-crash-id-abigail-mann-21017938.php
https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/glastonbury-police-chase-video-portland-fatal-mann-21020002.php
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/08/23/police-investigate-serious-crash-portland/
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/09/03/bodycam-video-shows-moments-before-deadly-portland-crash/

On 08/23/2025, a Columbia County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop 45-year-old Martel Dante Kyles while Kyles was driving a gold Toyota Camry on Jimmie Dyess Parkway at the entrance ramp to Interstate 20 east. The Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies knew Kyles was wanted by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office for simple assault. That outstanding warrant was the documented reason for the attempted stop.
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Kyles continued east on Interstate 20 while Columbia County deputies pursued. He exited I-20 at Exit 195 onto Wheeler Road, traveled south and turned onto Belair Frontage Road, bringing the pursuit back toward Columbia County.
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According to the sheriff’s incident report, Kyles drove west on Belair Frontage Road at speeds exceeding 100 mph, crossed into oncoming traffic and forced other motorists from the roadway. He continued through the intersection of Jimmie Dyess Parkway and Belair Frontage Road onto Park West Drive, then traveled by Old Wheeler Road to Wrightsboro Road.
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Deputies deployed stop sticks at Wrightsboro Road and Hagin Road. The stop sticks punctured the Camry’s driver-side tires, but Kyles continued west on Wrightsboro Road. Deputies also attempted to use a PIT maneuver but abandoned that attempt because surrounding traffic made it unsafe.
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Despite the damaged tires, police reported that Kyles continued at speeds exceeding 90 mph as he approached John Deere Parkway. While attempting a right turn onto John Deere Parkway at high speed, the Camry skidded across the roadway, crossed the raised center median, struck a large sign and overturned onto its roof.
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The Camry began catching fire after the crash. Deputies found a passenger trapped inside the vehicle. When deputies approached the driver’s side, they discovered that Kyles had been ejected during the rollover and was unresponsive. Emergency medical personnel responded, and the Columbia County Coroner’s Office pronounced Kyles dead at the scene.
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Kyles’ full identity was Martel Dante Kyles. His obituary gives his birth date as 04/09/1980 and his death date as 08/23/2025, establishing that he was 45 when he died. Earlier Georgia records independently identify Martel Dante Kyles as a Black male born in 1980.
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Court records also establish that Kyles had a separate Columbia County criminal case pending when he died. As recently as 08/18/2025—five days before his death—Martel Dante Kyles appeared on the Columbia County Superior Court calendar in case 2025CR0184 on sexual battery and simple battery charges. Those charges were separate from the Richmond County simple-assault warrant that authorities cited in connection with the attempted stop on 08/23/2025.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Columbia County sheriff’s deputies who initiated and participated in the pursuit, deployed stop sticks and attempted the PIT maneuver have not been publicly identified.

https://www.wrdw.com/2025/08/24/man-wanted-assault-dies-after-high-speed-chase-columbia-county-officials-say
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/martel-kyles-obituary?id=59387408
https://www.lenwoodjonesfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martel-D-Kyles?obId=45200274
https://clerkofcourtcolumbia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250818_CALENDAR_GBLANCHARD_CALENDAR-CALL.pdf

On 08/23/2025, at approximately 2:39 p.m., 49-year-old Donald Brandon Franks of Lookout Mountain was killed when a vehicle being pursued by Gordon County sheriff’s deputies crossed into opposing traffic on State Route 53/Rome Road and crashed head-on into the Honda CR-V Franks was driving. Franks’s wife and child were also in the Honda and suffered severe injuries.

The police encounter began on Interstate 75 southbound near Exit 317. A Gordon County sheriff’s deputy was entering the interstate when a black Mercedes passed the patrol vehicle and nearly struck it. The deputy followed the Mercedes after observing erratic driving and rapid lane changes. The near collision with the deputy’s vehicle and the subsequent erratic driving were the specific circumstances that prompted police intervention.

The deputy followed the Mercedes approximately five miles south to Exit 312 at Fairmount Highway before attempting a traffic stop. The driver accelerated away, and the deputy began pursuing. Additional Gordon County sheriff’s deputies joined as the vehicle traveled east on Fairmount Highway toward the State Route 53 Bypass near Blackwood Road.

Police reported that speeds exceeded 100 mph as the pursuit continued back toward Calhoun. As the Mercedes reached the intersection of the State Route 53 Bypass and State Route 53/Rome Road, its driver failed to negotiate a right turn, crossed the grass median and entered the westbound lanes while traveling eastbound. Deputies did not follow the vehicle into the opposing lanes.

Within seconds, the Mercedes crashed head-on into Franks’s Honda CR-V near Reeves Station Road. The vehicles caught fire following the collision. Deputies and other responding personnel worked to remove the injured people from the burning wreckage and provide medical aid.

Franks died from his injuries at the scene. His wife and child were severely injured and transported by medical helicopter. The pursued driver was also seriously injured and hospitalized.

The Georgia State Patrol investigated the fatal collision. The pursued driver survived and was subsequently charged in connection with the pursuit and Franks’s death. A Gordon County grand jury later returned an indictment including felony murder, three counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle, six counts of serious injury by vehicle and other charges. The case remained on the Gordon County Superior Court calendar in 2026.

OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Gordon County sheriff’s deputy who initiated the attempted traffic stop and the additional deputies who participated in the pursuit have not been publicly identified.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-75-police-chase-ends-deadly-crash-gordon-county
https://coosavalleynews.com/2025/08/atleast-one-dead-three-others-injured-in-gordon-county-police-chase/
https://www.discoverdade.com/local/dade-county-man-killed-in-gordon-county-in-head-on-collision/
https://www.discoverdade.com/local/lookout-mountain-man-killed-in-gordon-county-collision-services-arranged-at-moore-funeral-home-saturday/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/driver-deadly-gordon-county-wreck-back-jail
https://coosavalleynews.com/2025/09/calhoun-man-charged-in-fatal-crash-following-high-speed-police-chase-in-gordon-county/
https://www.gordoncountyga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2012
https://www.gordoncountyga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2127

On 08/22/2025, shortly before 11 a.m., Oklahoma City police responded to a reported disturbance described in initial reporting as a possible armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant near West Reno Avenue and North Meridian Avenue. Officers saw a vehicle they believed was connected to the reported incident leaving the area and attempted to stop it. The driver continued away while Oklahoma City police pursued.
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The pursuit traveled south through Oklahoma City, including along Meridian Avenue and through the area of SW 29th Street and Newcastle Road. Police continued pursuing the vehicle toward South Portland Avenue.
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During the pursuit, the vehicle was traveling at high speed as it approached South Portland Avenue near SW 36th Street and Newcastle Road. The roadway in that area contains a pronounced rise. After crossing the rise at speed, the driver lost control.
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The vehicle left the roadway and traveled onto residential property along South Portland Avenue. It struck and destroyed a mailbox and trash containers and also struck another vehicle before coming to rest. Debris from the crash was thrown across neighboring properties.
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Calvin Eubanks was riding as a passenger in the pursued vehicle. He suffered fatal injuries in the crash and died. The driver was critically injured and transported to a hospital.
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The crash also injured a woman who was outside near her home. Debris from a brick mailbox struck her legs, and she was transported to a hospital for treatment.
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Oklahoma City police closed South Portland Avenue while investigators documented the crash scene. News footage showed extensive damage to the pursued vehicle and a long debris field extending through the residential area.
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The Oklahoma City Police Department investigated the pursuit and fatal crash.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Oklahoma City police officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit that ended in Calvin Eubanks's death have not been publicly identified.
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https://www.news9.com/story/68a8d8e44c1bc8b9d5294c54/passenger-killed-driver-critically-injured-in-crash-during-pursuit-with-okc-police
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-city-chase-injury-crash-sw36th-portland/65873011
https://www.news9.com/story/68a926d74c1bc8b9d52fd0f0/friday-morning-police-chase-turns-deadly-in-southwest-okc-neighbors-react

On 08/21/2025, 39-year-old Jacob Illian was riding an electric bicycle near East Valley Parkway and Rose Street in Escondido when Escondido Police Officer Jason Ingco attempted to make contact with him. Initial police reporting provided almost no explanation for why police wanted to stop Illian, stating only that an officer attempted to stop the rider and that Illian did not yield. Later court proceedings and a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed by Illian's family substantially changed the available account of how the encounter began.
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According to the family's federal complaint, police were attempting what they characterized as a consensual encounter rather than stopping Illian on suspicion of a crime. The lawsuit alleges police had no evidence that Illian had committed a crime or presented a danger to anyone. Illian continued riding away on his e-bike.
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Illian entered a designated pedestrian and bicycle path where motor vehicles were prohibited. According to the federal complaint, Ingco drove his marked police vehicle onto the path and pursued Illian for approximately a quarter mile. The lawsuit alleges that Ingco followed closely behind Illian at high speed despite the path being used by pedestrians, bicyclists, people walking dogs and families with children.
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The lawsuit alleges that Ingco accelerated toward Illian from behind and deliberately struck his bicycle with the police vehicle in an attempt to stop him. The family's attorneys characterize the collision as an attempted pursuit intervention maneuver against a bicycle rather than an accidental collision.
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According to the complaint, Ingco did not brake before striking Illian from behind. The impact knocked Illian from his e-bike, after which Ingco's police vehicle ran over him.
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Illian suffered catastrophic blunt-force trauma to his head. He died as a result of the collision. Later criminal proceedings identified the police vehicle's collision with Illian as the cause of his death.
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The Oceanside Police Department assumed responsibility for investigating the collision under an interagency agreement because an Escondido police vehicle and officer were directly involved.
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The circumstances surrounding the attempted stop remained largely unexplained publicly for months. Initial Escondido police statements said only that Illian had failed to yield when an officer attempted to stop him. Later information alleged that police were not attempting to detain Illian for a crime at all but were seeking a consensual encounter, which Illian was legally free to decline.
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Illian's family said he was riding his e-bike to pick up his 12-year-old daughter from school when Ingco began following him. Illian was married and the father of two daughters. He had previously suffered partial paralysis following an unrelated gunshot wound to his neck and had worked in automobile detailing and construction before going on disability.
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The San Diego County District Attorney's Office subsequently conducted a criminal review of Ingco's conduct. On 05/07/2026, prosecutors filed a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge against Ingco in connection with Illian's death.
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Ingco appeared in San Diego County Superior Court on 06/04/2026 and pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors alleged that Ingco unlawfully caused Illian's death while driving the police vehicle. The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in county jail.
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Ingco was released on his own recognizance. The Escondido Police Department placed him on paid administrative leave while the criminal case remained pending. His trial was scheduled for September 2026.
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Illian's family publicly challenged the characterization of his death as an ordinary pursuit collision. After Ingco's arraignment, family members and their attorneys said they viewed the death as the foreseeable result of using a police vehicle to chase an e-bike rider on a designated bicycle path. Illian's widow, Merari Illian, said the family was seeking accountability for her husband's death.
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On 06/08/2026, Illian's estate and family filed a federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit against Ingco, the City of Escondido and unidentified additional officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiffs include Illian's estate, Merari Magallanes, Sun Tok Illian and a minor identified as M.I. The case is Estate of Jacob Illian et al. v. City of Escondido et al., No. 3:26-cv-03448-H-JLB.
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The lawsuit asserts claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments as well as state-law claims. It alleges that Ingco lacked reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain Illian, unlawfully pursued him onto the bicycle path and intentionally used the police vehicle to strike him.
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The complaint further alleges that Ingco's use of the police vehicle against Illian amounted to deadly force. The family contends that Illian presented no immediate threat that justified deadly force and that Ingco intentionally struck his bicycle from behind.
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The lawsuit also targets the City of Escondido's pursuit policies and practices. It alleges that the department maintained inadequate pursuit restrictions and cites what the plaintiffs describe as a broader pattern of dangerous police pursuits involving relatively minor or nonexistent underlying offenses.
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The family's attorneys have publicly rejected the proposition that the collision was simply an unavoidable accident. Attorney Tim Scott described the death as the foreseeable consequence of the decision to chase a bicycle with a police vehicle and intentionally strike it.
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The federal litigation remains active. Escondido City Council records show that the council met in closed session on 06/24/2026 concerning the pending Illian litigation.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Jason Ingco was the Escondido police officer driving the police vehicle that pursued, struck and killed Jacob Illian. Ingco was 35 when prosecutors charged him in 2026.
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The most significant officer-background development is the criminal prosecution itself. On 05/07/2026, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office charged Ingco with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for his actions while driving the police vehicle that killed Illian. Ingco pleaded not guilty on 06/04/2026 and was released on his own recognizance. The Escondido Police Department subsequently confirmed that he was on paid administrative leave.
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The federal civil-rights lawsuit filed against Ingco goes substantially beyond the sparse account originally released by police. It alleges that Ingco had no reasonable suspicion that Illian had committed a crime and nevertheless followed him onto a path closed to motor vehicles.
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The complaint alleges that Ingco pursued Illian closely for approximately a quarter mile and intentionally rammed the bicycle from behind. It further alleges that Ingco did not brake before striking Illian and then drove over him after the initial impact.
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Illian's family is seeking to hold Ingco individually liable under federal civil-rights law as well as pursuing claims against the City of Escondido. The federal docket identifies Ingco, the City and Doe Officers 1 through 10 as defendants. The family demanded a jury trial.
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The lawsuit also raises broader concerns about Escondido Police Department pursuit practices. The complaint alleges a pattern of dangerous pursuits and inadequate departmental restrictions governing when officers should initiate or continue pursuits. It specifically points to additional fatal Escondido police pursuits as evidence supporting the family's municipal-liability claims.
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The family's attorneys, Mark Fleming and Tim Scott, are pursuing the civil case while Ingco's criminal prosecution proceeds separately. Illian's widow and other relatives have publicly supported the criminal prosecution and are seeking additional accountability through the federal lawsuit.
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https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/escondido-officer-charged-in-deadly-e-bike-crash/4033056/
https://thecoastnews.com/epd-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-misdemeanor-vehicular-manslaughter/
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/electric-motorcycle-rider-crashes-dies-in-police-pursuit-in-escondido
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/e-motorcycle-rider-killed-after-crashing-into-escondido-police-car-during-chase/3890148/
https://thecoastnews.com/electric-motorcycle-rider-killed-in-police-pursuit-in-escondido/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/08/22/electric-motorcycle-rider-killed-in-police-pursuit-in-escondido/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/06/04/escondido-officer-pleads-not-guilty-in-death-of-man-riding-his-e-bike/
https://thecoastnews.com/family-sues-escondido-police-officer-charged-in-fatal-e-bike-pursuit/
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/casdce/3%3A2026cv03448/858551
https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/escondidca-pubu/MEET-Packet-ba5732c880744d268e76327817422b39.pdf

On 08/20/2025, 24-year-old Janae Fieldings was killed when the Honda Accord she was driving crashed and caught fire during a Baton Rouge Police Department pursuit. Although the first reports appeared on August 21, the fatal encounter occurred late Wednesday night, August 20.
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The police encounter began in Baton Rouge's Mall City area when officers attempted to stop Fieldings's 2020 Honda Accord for what the department described only as a “traffic violation” or “traffic violations.” The specific alleged traffic violation that caused police to initiate the stop was not disclosed in the available reporting.
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Fieldings continued driving away while Baton Rouge police pursued. The entire pursuit lasted approximately two minutes. During the pursuit, police alleged that someone inside the Honda threw a handgun from the vehicle on Lobdell Avenue. Police subsequently recovered the weapon and described it as a Glock handgun equipped with what appeared to be a machine-gun conversion device. Available reporting does not establish which person inside the Honda allegedly discarded the weapon.
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The Honda continued west in the 5100 block of Greenwell Springs Road from Lobdell Avenue. At approximately 10:08 p.m., Fieldings lost control near North Foster Drive. The car left the roadway, struck a water line, went through a wooden fence and crashed into the rear/side of a business. Surveillance video obtained by WBRZ captured the Honda traveling at high speed immediately before it crashed into the building.
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The collision caused extensive damage and the Honda caught fire. Employees of the nearby Fast Stop told WBRZ that after hearing the crash they went outside and saw multiple Baton Rouge police officers surrounding the wrecked vehicle.
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Police said responding officers used at least four fire extinguishers in an effort to suppress the vehicle fire. Officers pulled Fieldings and her two passengers from the wreckage and began emergency medical treatment. Fieldings died at the scene. Both passengers were transported to a hospital in critical condition.
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The crash damaged a water line badly enough that a nearby library was temporarily closed while repairs were made.
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Later reporting identified the driver as Janae Fieldings, 24. The available news accounts provide considerably more detail about the pursuit and crash than the initial breaking-news coverage, but Baton Rouge police continued to describe the initiating offense only generically as a traffic violation rather than identifying the particular traffic law officers alleged Fieldings violated.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Baton Rouge police officers who attempted the initial traffic stop and participated in the approximately two-minute pursuit have not been publicly identified.

https://www.wafb.com/2025/08/21/brpd-24-year-old-driver-dead-2-others-critically-injured-crash-during-police-chase/
https://www.fox8live.com/2025/08/21/brpd-24-year-old-driver-dead-2-others-critically-injured-crash-during-police-chase/
https://www.wbrz.com/news/video-car-crashes-into-side-of-building-at-end-of-brpd-chase-one-killed-and-two-hurt-in-wreck/

On 08/20/2025, shortly after midnight, an unidentified driver died after a Byram Police Department pursuit of a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro ended in a fiery crash at Elton Road and the I-55 East Frontage Road in Hinds County near Jackson. Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to investigate at approximately 12:06 a.m.
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The specific initiating reason for the police pursuit was that the Chevrolet Camaro had been reported stolen. Byram police began pursuing the Camaro and followed it north toward Jackson.
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The Camaro entered the Jackson city limits during the pursuit. Mississippi Highway Patrol subsequently reported that the pursuing Byram officer lost sight of the vehicle after it entered Jackson. This is significant because the fatal collision was not witnessed by the pursuing officer in the accounts released publicly.
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After losing sight of the Camaro, police subsequently located it at Elton Road and the East Frontage Road. The vehicle had crashed and caught fire. The driver was trapped inside and was unable to escape the burning vehicle. The driver died at the scene.
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The body was transported to the Mississippi Crime Laboratory in Pearl for identification. Initial reports therefore did not provide the driver's name, age, gender or race. The Mississippi Highway Patrol assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash at Byram police's request.
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The pursuit deserves additional scrutiny in light of later events involving the same department. Less than two months after this death, another Byram police pursuit entered Jackson and ended in a crash that killed two uninvolved women. On 10/18/2025, Byram police pursued a Ford Expedition north on I-55 after another agency reported a retail theft of cigarettes at a Dollar General in Terry. Byram Police Chief David Errington said a Byram officer located the vehicle, the driver initially stopped, and then drove away when ordered out.
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That October pursuit continued into Jackson and ended when the pursued Ford Expedition crashed into a Nissan at Raymond Road and Robinson Road. Shali Davenport, 48, and her mother, Debra Washington, 66, were killed. A third person in their vehicle was injured. Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation investigated that crash.
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Byram Police Department's own historical records also document previous problems involving pursuit-policy compliance. Its 2015 annual report states that an officer initiated a pursuit for speeding on Siwell Road that ended when the pursued vehicle crashed into a fence. The department's subsequent review determined that the officer had violated pursuit policy and documented training issues.
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That same annual report shows that Byram police were already conducting pursuits beyond the city's boundaries into Jackson. In another 2015 incident, officers pursued a vehicle connected to a burglary and auto theft into Jackson, where the vehicle eventually crashed through a fence and entered a pond. The department reported four vehicle pursuits during that year and subsequently revised its pursuit policy following civil-liability training.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Byram police officer or officers who initiated and participated in the 08/20/2025 pursuit have not been publicly identified.
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Because the individual pursuing officers remain unidentified, the most pertinent documented background concerns Byram Police Department's pursuit practices. Department records establish that Byram has historically conducted pursuits that continued into Jackson and that at least one earlier pursuit was determined internally to have involved an officer's violation of pursuit policy.
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The August 2025 death was followed approximately two months later by another fatal Byram pursuit into Jackson, this time killing two uninvolved women. In that case, the initiating incident was a shoplifting report involving cigarettes, although police had initially received information suggesting the person might be armed.

https://magnoliastatelive.com/2025/08/21/driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-after-chase-with-mississippi-police/
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/08/20/police-investigating-deadly-crash-jackson-bridge/
https://www.wapt.com/article/driver-killed-in-fiery-crash-during-stolen-car-chase/65835844
https://thebeatofthecapital.com/2025/08/20/driver-killed-in-fiery-crash-after-chase-from-byram-to-jackson-mhp/
https://police.byram-ms.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/05/2015-Annual-Report_BOA.pdf
https://www.wapt.com/article/police-investigating-fatal-crash-in-hinds-county/69081618
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/10/18/two-killed-after-armed-robbery-suspect-crashes-into-vehicle/
https://darkhorsepressnow.com/news/top-story/2025-10-19/alleged-terry-armed-robber-flees-byram-police-strikes-passenger-vehicle-in-south-jackson/

On 08/18/2025, shortly after 3:00 a.m., an unidentified person was killed when a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban being pursued by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies crashed and overturned at Pine Street and Third Avenue in Hesperia. Two other people fled from the Suburban following the crash.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said deputies initially attempted to stop the Suburban for “several traffic violations.” The department did not specify which traffic violations prompted the attempted stop in the available account. The driver continued driving away and deputies initiated a pursuit.
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The pursuit continued onto surface streets in Hesperia. At Pine Street and Third Avenue, the Suburban collided with a Ford F-150 that was traveling through the intersection. The people in the F-150 told Victor Valley News Group that police vehicles with emergency lights and sirens were immediately behind the Suburban.
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After striking the F-150, the Suburban overturned and crashed into at least three parked vehicles before coming to rest upside down. Several of the parked vehicles sustained substantial damage.
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One person in the Suburban was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people climbed from the wrecked vehicle and fled on foot. The Sheriff’s Department initially said investigators had not yet determined whether the person who died had been driving the Suburban. Because the available evidence does not establish that the decedent was the driver, the death should be treated as a passenger pursuit death unless subsequent coroner or investigative records establish otherwise.
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The F-150 contained a male driver and female passenger who was traveling with a dog. The driver declined medical treatment. The passenger suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a hospital.
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The circumstances are notable because the pursuit was initiated over traffic violations rather than a reported violent felony, while the resulting pursuit produced a fatality, an injury to an uninvolved motorist, a rollover and collisions involving multiple parked vehicles.
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The fatal crash occurred only five months after another San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department pursuit in the same Victor Valley area resulted in the death of one of the department’s own deputies. On 03/17/2025, deputies in Victorville pursued a reported stolen vehicle after attempting a traffic stop near Mojave Drive and Amargosa Road. During that pursuit, Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. collided with another motorist at Seneca and El Evado roads and then struck a utility pole. The impact split the patrol vehicle apart and killed Cuevas. The uninvolved motorist was injured.
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That March death generated public questions about pursuit practices. The crash demonstrated that the risks associated with the department’s pursuits were not limited to people in pursued vehicles: one of its own deputies was killed and an uninvolved motorist was injured during a pursuit only months before the Hesperia crash.
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The department’s pursuit history also includes the extraordinary 09/27/2022 Hesperia pursuit involving 15-year-old Savannah Graziano. After a lengthy pursuit and gun battle on Interstate 15, Savannah exited her father’s vehicle and moved toward deputies. Later-released video showed a deputy directing her toward officers while other deputies opened fire and killed her. The California Department of Justice subsequently conducted an independent investigation.
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The state investigation into the Graziano shooting ultimately declined criminal charges against the deputies but identified significant operational issues. The California Attorney General’s review recommended additional training and specifically addressed body-worn and dashboard cameras. The Sheriff’s Department subsequently implemented body-worn and dash-mounted cameras.
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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department maintains a formal written vehicle-pursuit policy, identified in public-records material as Department Policy 3.166. The department provided that policy in response to a California Public Records Act request concerning its pursuit rules.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy or deputies who initiated and participated in the 08/18/2025 Hesperia pursuit have not been publicly identified.
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The department itself had experienced another catastrophic pursuit only five months earlier, when Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. was killed while pursuing a reported stolen vehicle in Victorville. His patrol vehicle collided with an uninvolved motorist before striking a pole.
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The agency also came under substantial scrutiny after deputies killed 15-year-old Savannah Graziano at the conclusion of a 2022 pursuit in Hesperia. Video released later showed Savannah moving toward deputies after an officer instructed her to come toward him when other deputies shot her. The California Department of Justice investigation resulted in recommendations concerning tactical coordination, training and police-camera practices.

https://www.vvng.com/one-dead-two-flee-after-pursuit-ends-in-rollover-crash-in-hesperia/
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/san-bernardino-county-deputy-deadly-pursuit-crash-victorville/
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https://kesq.com/news/2025/03/19/suspect-in-pursuit-that-killed-deputy-in-san-bernardino-county-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-charge/
https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/frank-bland-memorial/
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/san-bernardino-county-3060/vehicular-pursuit-policy-san-bernardino-county-sheriff-149610/
https://apnews.com/article/237071a4ff1e18610864b3854a415483
https://apnews.com/article/876b9603ebd30fd7e839597723b706cc

On 08/17/2025, 21-year-old Austin Rian Gore was killed when a multi-agency police pursuit that began in Lincoln County, Tennessee, continued across the state line into Alabama and ended with Gore crashing into a pole on North Memorial Parkway near Mastin Lake Road in Huntsville. Gore was the only person in the vehicle.
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The specific initiating reason for the attempted stop was reckless driving. Authorities in Lincoln County attempted to stop Gore for that alleged driving offense, and the encounter escalated into a pursuit south toward Alabama.
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The pursuit continued south on U.S. Highway 231/431 and crossed from Tennessee into Madison County, Alabama. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office joined the pursuit after it entered Alabama. Huntsville Police Department officers subsequently became involved as the pursuit continued into Huntsville.
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Near the Mastin Lake Road construction zone on North Memorial Parkway, police said Gore lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a pole. Gore was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Gore was born on 03/30/2004 and died on 08/17/2025. Funeral information identifies him as a resident of Melbourne, Florida, and confirms that he was 21 when he died.
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The pursuit is significant because the publicly disclosed initiating offense was reckless driving rather than a violent felony, stolen vehicle, wanted-person investigation or other allegation involving an immediate threat independent of Gore’s driving. Three separate law-enforcement agencies ultimately participated as the pursuit traveled from Tennessee into Alabama and ended in a fatal crash.
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The available public account does not provide the length or duration of the pursuit, the speeds reached, the specific reckless-driving behavior that prompted the initial attempted stop, whether supervisors authorized continuation across jurisdictional boundaries, or whether any participating agency considered terminating the pursuit before Gore entered Huntsville.
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The Huntsville Police Department’s involvement in Gore’s death warrants additional institutional context because the department has a documented history of serious controversy over its use-of-force review process. The most prominent example is the 2018 killing of Jeffery Parker by Huntsville Officer William “Ben” Darby. Parker had called 911 while suicidal and was holding what officers believed was a firearm to his own head. Another Huntsville officer was attempting to de-escalate the situation when Darby entered Parker’s home and shot him. Darby was convicted of murder in 2021; after that conviction was reversed on appeal, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter rather than face a second murder trial.
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The Parker case exposed a particularly significant problem with Huntsville’s internal review. The department’s incident review board had cleared Darby of wrongdoing and determined his shooting complied with policy before a Madison County grand jury indicted him for murder. Huntsville’s City Council then voted to fund Darby’s criminal defense without having reviewed the body-camera footage or other underlying evidence.
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Parker’s family subsequently sued Darby and the City of Huntsville for wrongful death and excessive force. The lawsuit alleged that the city maintained policies, customs or practices that contributed to Parker’s killing. A federal judge refused to dismiss Huntsville from the litigation, and the case remained active years later.
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The federal litigation also developed evidence concerning Huntsville’s institutional preparation for encounters with suicidal people. Court records cited in later reporting stated that before Parker was killed, the city had not provided officers training specifically addressing the type of suicidal-person encounter involved in his death.
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Huntsville Police Department also has an earlier documented federal criminal civil-rights case involving Officer Brett Russell. A federal jury convicted Russell in 2015 of deprivation of rights under color of law and obstruction of justice after evidence showed that he repeatedly punched and kneed a handcuffed, nonresisting detainee and then submitted a false report claiming the detainee had attempted to kick and head-butt officers.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The individual Lincoln County, Madison County and Huntsville officers who participated in the pursuit that ended in Austin Gore’s death have not been publicly identified.
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Huntsville Police Department’s institutional history includes the William Darby case, in which the department’s own review process cleared an officer’s fatal shooting as compliant with policy before prosecutors obtained a murder indictment and a jury convicted the officer. Darby ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his original murder conviction was reversed for trial error.
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The City of Huntsville has continued defending civil litigation arising from Parker’s killing. In December 2025, a federal judge denied requests for summary judgment and allowed the wrongful-death and excessive-force litigation against Darby and the city to proceed toward trial. Darby subsequently appealed the denial of immunity, postponing the scheduled 2026 trial.
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The department’s history also includes the federal conviction of Officer Brett Russell for beating a handcuffed detainee and falsifying his report about the incident.

https://www.waff.com/2025/08/18/huntsville-police-identify-man-killed-amid-multi-state-pursuit/

https://www.waff.com/video/2025/08/18/huntsville-police-identify-man-killed-amid-multi-state-pursuit/

https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/fl/melbourne/austin-gore-20190616

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/huntsville-alabama-police-officer-convicted-excessive-use-force-and-obstruction-justice

https://www.waff.com/story/38854490/huntsville-city-council-votes-to-pay-indicted-police-officers-legal-expenses/

https://www.waff.com/2022/09/30/federal-judge-denies-city-huntsvilles-dismissal-darby-lawsuit/

https://www.waff.com/2025/12/24/trial-date-set-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-former-huntsville-police-officer/

https://www.waff.com/2026/01/14/48-exclusive-former-huntsville-police-officer-william-darby-appeals-ruling-wrongful-death-lawsuit/

https://apnews.com/article/61f52fd4ef796b9bc61c04dbfe92976f

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/al-court-of-criminal-appeals/2194407.html

On 08/17/2025, 34-year-old Mathew Benton was killed when a 2009 Land Rover being pursued by College Park Police Sgt. Donnie Smith Jr. at more than 100 mph left Interstate 285 East near the I-75 South interchange, struck a tree and split apart. Benton was a passenger and was ejected from the vehicle. Driver Victoria Langley was also ejected and killed.
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The Land Rover had been reported stolen. Later reporting established, however, that Smith's pursuit was unauthorized. The arrest warrants charging Smith do not state why he initiated the pursuit, leaving unresolved whether Smith knew before pursuing that the vehicle had been reported stolen or what specific event caused him to begin chasing it.
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Smith pursued the Land Rover in a College Park Police Department Ford Explorer and exceeded 100 mph. Investigators later characterized his driving as reckless and alleged that the pursuit endangered life and property.
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The Land Rover left the roadway, struck a tree and was torn apart by the impact. Benton and Langley were both ejected and died.
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The most extraordinary development came after the crash. Investigators alleged that Smith witnessed the Land Rover leave the highway, strike the tree and split apart but did not stop. According to his arrest warrants, Smith neither rendered aid nor reported the collision and instead continued driving away.
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Benton's mother, Deolisa Benton, said the family initially understood that her son had simply died in a crash. She said she was not told that a College Park police pursuit had preceded the collision and only learned later what investigators alleged Smith had done.
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The family publicly contested the circumstances and demanded accountability. After Smith was arrested, Deolisa Benton said she was relieved that the case was being treated as a criminal matter and described being particularly devastated by the allegation that Smith left her son at the crash scene without attempting to help him.
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College Park fired Smith on 08/22/2025, five days after Benton and Langley were killed. He was arrested on 09/23/2025 and charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death, reckless driving, violation of oath by a public officer and failure to report an accident.
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The criminal charges are unusually significant for a pursuit fatality because investigators did not merely criticize Smith's judgment. The warrants alleged that his conduct was reckless and negligent and that leaving the crash without reporting it or rendering aid constituted gross negligence and willful or wanton misconduct.
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The pursuit also appears directly at odds with College Park Police Department's written pursuit policy. The policy requires officers continually to balance the need for immediate apprehension against the risk of death, injury and property damage, states that pursuits must be monitored and reassessed, and directs officers to use tactics designed to minimize their duration.
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The department had already faced major litigation over another pursuit that killed three people. On 01/31/2016, College Park officers pursued a stolen SUV that crashed into another vehicle, killing Dorothy Wright and her grandchildren, 12-year-old Cameron Costner and 6-year-old Layla Partridge. Their family sued the city, alleging that College Park police acted outside the department's pursuit policy.
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That litigation became substantial enough to reach the Georgia Supreme Court in a dispute over insurance coverage and governmental immunity. The state Supreme Court's 2022 decision confirms that all three victims were killed when their vehicle was struck by the stolen vehicle College Park officers were pursuing.
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Thus, by the time Smith pursued the Land Rover in 2025, College Park had already experienced a previous pursuit in which three uninvolved people were killed and the victims' family alleged the department violated its own pursuit rules. The department nevertheless had another fatal pursuit in 2025 that investigators themselves subsequently characterized as unauthorized.
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College Park Police Department was also facing other serious scrutiny around the same period. Less than two weeks before Benton and Langley were killed, a College Park officer shot 31-year-old Dwight Jaheem Robinson-Fikes during a foot pursuit. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened an independent investigation into that shooting.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Donnie Smith Jr. was the College Park police sergeant who pursued the Land Rover. He was 47 when arrested. Records establish that Smith had previously worked for the Georgia State University Police Department and Fulton County Sheriff's Office before joining College Park.
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Smith was a College Park police officer by at least 2019 and had subsequently been promoted to sergeant. College Park terminated him five days after the fatal crash.
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Smith's criminal prosecution represents the most significant documented adverse history identified in the officer-background search. He was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death, reckless driving, violation of oath by a public officer and failure to report an accident.
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The department's own pursuit policy is particularly relevant to Smith's conduct. It expressly recognizes that pursuits can cause death, injury and property damage and requires the necessity for immediate apprehension to be continually balanced against those risks. Investigators subsequently described Smith's pursuit as unauthorized.
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https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-sergeant-charged-homicide-after-high-speed-chase-ends-deadly-crash
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/09/college-park-sergeant-hit-100-mph-in-chase-then-left-deadly-crash-police-say/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/south-fulton-county/just-left-my-son-mother-shocked-by-college-park-officer-accused-not-helping-after-deadly-crash/
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/24/college-park-police-officer-charged-deadly-august-chase/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mother-demands-justice-after-son-killed-clayton-county-officer-involved-crash
https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_11492833/File/Departments/Police%20Department/Vehicle%20Pursuit%20Policy.pdf
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/family-sues-college-park-police-after-fatal-crash/pqtNJpF5WP9rNv6SwrXtGI/
https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2022/s21g0482.html

On 08/17/2025, Victoria Langley was killed when the 2009 Land Rover she was driving while College Park Police Sgt. Donnie Smith Jr. pursued her at more than 100 mph left Interstate 285 East near the I-75 South interchange, struck a tree and split apart. Passenger Mathew Benton, 34, was also killed. Langley's obituary confirms her death on 08/17/2025.
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The Land Rover had been reported stolen. Although later reporting establishes that fact, Smith's arrest warrants do not identify why he initiated the pursuit. Investigators subsequently determined that Smith's pursuit was unauthorized.
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Smith pursued Langley in a marked College Park police Ford Explorer and reached speeds exceeding 100 mph. Investigators alleged that he drove in a reckless manner immediately before the fatal crash.
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Langley lost control of the Land Rover, which left the highway, struck a tree and split in half. Both Langley and Benton were ejected and died.
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According to the subsequent criminal investigation, Smith saw the catastrophic crash but continued driving. Arrest warrants allege that he did not stop to render aid, did not report the collision and left Langley and Benton at the crash scene.
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College Park fired Smith on 08/22/2025. He was arrested the following month and charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death, reckless driving, violation of oath by a public officer and failure to report an accident.
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The arrest warrants characterized Smith's conduct as reckless and negligent and alleged that his actions after the crash demonstrated gross negligence and willful or wanton misconduct.
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College Park's written vehicle-pursuit policy expressly requires officers to balance the necessity of immediate apprehension against the danger a pursuit poses to the public and police. It identifies death, injury and property damage as foreseeable pursuit risks and requires pursuits to be continually monitored and assessed.
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The department had already experienced a catastrophic pursuit with multiple deaths. On 01/31/2016, a stolen SUV being pursued by College Park officers struck another vehicle and killed Dorothy Wright and her grandchildren Cameron Costner, 12, and Layla Partridge, 6. Their family sued the city alleging that College Park police operated outside the department's pursuit policy.
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The resulting litigation ultimately reached the Georgia Supreme Court. The court's 2022 opinion confirms that the three family members died when their vehicle was hit by the stolen vehicle College Park police were pursuing.
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The earlier case is particularly relevant here because College Park therefore had direct institutional experience with the lethal consequences of vehicle pursuits and litigation specifically challenging compliance with its pursuit rules years before Smith initiated the unauthorized pursuit that killed Langley and Benton.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Donnie Smith Jr. was the College Park police sergeant responsible for the pursuit. He was subsequently criminally charged in connection with both deaths.
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Smith had previously worked for the Georgia State University Police Department and Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Public payroll records place him with College Park Police Department by at least 2019, and he had risen to sergeant by the time of the fatal pursuit.
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College Park terminated Smith on 08/22/2025 following its review of the incident. He was arrested on 09/23/2025.
Smith was charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death, reckless driving, violation of oath by a public officer and failure to report an accident. The criminal case arose not only from the high-speed pursuit but from investigators' allegation that Smith witnessed the fatal crash and then drove away without reporting it or attempting to help Langley and Benton.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-sergeant-charged-homicide-after-high-speed-chase-ends-deadly-crash
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/09/college-park-sergeant-hit-100-mph-in-chase-then-left-deadly-crash-police-say/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/south-fulton-county/just-left-my-son-mother-shocked-by-college-park-officer-accused-not-helping-after-deadly-crash/
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/24/college-park-police-officer-charged-deadly-august-chase/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mother-demands-justice-after-son-killed-clayton-county-officer-involved-crash
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/44526966/victoria-langley
https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_11492833/File/Departments/Police%20Department/Vehicle%20Pursuit%20Policy.pdf
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/family-sues-college-park-police-after-fatal-crash/pqtNJpF5WP9rNv6SwrXtGI/
https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2022/s21g0482.html

On 08/15/2025, at approximately 6:45 a.m., 93-year-old Georgia Louise Floyd was walking through the Dobbin Center parking lot in the 6400 block of Dobbin Road in Columbia when on-duty Howard County Police Department Officer Matthew Mehrer struck her with an unmarked police vehicle. Mehrer, who was working in plain clothes, was pulling an unmarked 2019 GMC Acadia out of a parking space when he struck Floyd as she walked in the travel portion of the parking lot.
Emergency personnel transported Floyd to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where she died from her injuries. People familiar with Floyd told reporters that she was a regular at the shopping center's Panera Bread, where she routinely ate in the morning before walking around the parking lot for exercise.
Howard County Police identified Mehrer as an 18-year department veteran assigned to the Technical Support Section. He was on duty at the time of the collision but was not wearing a uniform. Police placed Mehrer on administrative leave following Floyd's death.
Howard County Police investigated the fatal collision. The department said its preliminary investigation did not indicate that speed was a contributing factor. Available reporting does not indicate that Mehrer was responding to an emergency call or engaged in a pursuit when he struck Floyd.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/93-year-old-woman-dies-struck-howard-county-police-officer/65793804
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-howard-county-police-pedestrian-killed-unmarked-car/
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/police/police-investigating-fatal-collision-involving-officer-and-pedestrian

On 08/14/2025, Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division deputies were searching for 43-year-old Joel Fuller, who was wanted on an active felony warrant for second-degree domestic violence involving strangulation and misdemeanor warrants for trespassing, harassment and stalking. Fuller had been released from the Mobile County Metro Jail on 08/03/2025 following an earlier domestic-violence arrest. Authorities said the new warrants stemmed from allegations involving the same woman and that Fuller had continued contacting and threatening her after his release.
Deputies located Fuller driving in the Airport Boulevard area near Williams Street and attempted to stop him. Fuller accelerated away while deputies pursued. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies lost sight of Fuller’s vehicle during the pursuit.
Fuller continued east on Airport Boulevard and reached the intersection with Florida Street, where he ran a red light and crashed into a Jeep Cherokee driven by an uninvolved motorist. Deputies who had lost sight of Fuller arrived at the intersection and found the wreck. Both Fuller and the Jeep driver suffered serious injuries and were transported to a hospital. The uninvolved driver suffered broken bones and was later reported in stable condition.
Fuller remained hospitalized following the crash and died from his injuries on 08/15/2025. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office confirmed his death the following afternoon. Mobile Police Department investigated the collision because Mobile County deputies had been pursuing Fuller immediately before the crash.
Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch defended the decision to pursue Fuller, citing the escalating domestic-violence allegations and the danger authorities believed he presented to the woman involved. The pursuit and fatal crash occurred amid a series of allegations that Fuller had repeatedly contacted, threatened and stalked her despite his recent arrest and release.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/08/15/update-vehicle-pursuit-ends-crash-airport-boulevard-florida-street-intersection/
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/high-speed-chase-on-airport-blvd-ends-in-crash-injuring-at-least-two-people
https://mynbc15.com/news/local/sheriff-chase-suspect-terrorized-victim-faced-new-domestic-violence-charges
https://maloney-lyons.com/blog/2025/08/mobile-al-fatal-car-chase-crash-at-airport-blvd-florida-st/

On 08/14/2025, shortly after midnight, a Kansas City Police Department sergeant assigned to the East Patrol Division attempted to stop a white Hyundai Tucson near Independence and Brooklyn avenues after a vehicle check indicated that the SUV had been reported stolen. Police reported that the Hyundai driver did not stop and instead continued driving away at high speed while the sergeant followed.
According to KCPD, the sergeant discontinued the attempted stop near Independence and Wabash avenues. Police maintained that no patrol vehicles continued pursuing the Hyundai as it traveled north on Wabash Avenue at high speed. A short time later, the Hyundai reached the intersection of Wabash and Lexington avenues, where police alleged that its driver failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling west on Lexington Avenue.
The impact critically injured the Jeep's driver and four passengers. The right-rear passenger was ejected from the Jeep and transported to a hospital, where the passenger died. A juvenile riding in the middle rear seat was among those critically injured. The Hyundai's driver and a rear-seat passenger also suffered serious injuries, while its front-seat passenger was not injured. Altogether, one person was killed and six people were injured.
KCPD investigated the fatal collision. The department's account emphasized that the sergeant had discontinued the attempted traffic stop before the collision and that officers were not actively pursuing the Hyundai when it crashed. The fatality nevertheless followed immediately after the police attempt to stop the reportedly stolen vehicle and the driver's flight from the sergeant.

https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-city-missouri-police-stop-stolen-suv-deadly-crash/65779826
https://news.yahoo.com/1-killed-6-hurt-kansas-113611607.html
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article291580819.html

On 08/13/2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., 36-year-old truck driver Terrell Lowdermilk of Ooltewah, Tennessee, stopped his tractor-trailer on the Interstate 75 North entrance ramp from South Marietta Parkway in Marietta after being involved in a minor collision with another tractor-trailer. Lowdermilk exited his truck and was outside the vehicle exchanging information with the other driver when a pickup truck struck him. Lowdermilk died at the scene.
The pickup driver left the scene without stopping. Marietta Police Department investigators recovered pieces of a vehicle grille from the crash scene and determined that they were consistent with a Chevrolet Silverado. Police subsequently located a black 2020 Chevrolet Silverado believed to have been involved in the collision and identified its driver as Christopher Bradshaw, then a lieutenant with the Milton Police Department. Bradshaw was off duty at the time of the fatal crash.
Bradshaw surrendered to Marietta Police on 08/15/2025. Police initially charged him with felony homicide by vehicle and felony hit-and-run. Bradshaw had served with the Milton Police Department for 14 years. After Milton officials learned of the investigation, the department placed him on administrative leave and then terminated his employment with the City of Milton.
A Cobb County grand jury subsequently indicted Bradshaw on additional charges and alleged that he had been driving under the influence of alcohol when he struck Lowdermilk. The October 2025 indictment included first-degree vehicular homicide, DUI, hit-and-run and related charges. The allegations remain criminal accusations pending adjudication and are not stated here as established fact.
Bradshaw remained in the Cobb County jail for nearly three months following his surrender. On 11/12/2025, a judge granted him a $15,000 bond, and he was released later that day. His criminal case remained pending in the later reporting located for this update.
Lowdermilk's family publicly called for accountability after learning that the driver accused of leaving him dying on the interstate was a police lieutenant. His mother, Cindy Hayes, described her son's death as senseless and emphasized that the accused driver had been a member of an institution entrusted with protecting the public.

https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/08/milton-police-lieutenant-fired-after-alleged-hit-and-run-kills-trucker/
https://www.local3news.com/local-news/ooltewah-man-killed-in-i-75-hit-and-run-involving-off-duty-police-officer/article_b1a6b7fb-f19b-4590-8f42-57751c9adf16.html
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-find-truck-fatal-i-75-hit-and-run-search-driver-continues
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/family-man-killed-i-75-hit-and-run-call-accountability/INOHFBXIYNBGBHZWGJMCFI3YR4/

On 08/14/2025, at approximately 9:43 a.m., Monrovia Police Department received a report that federal immigration officers had arrived at the Home Depot at 1625 South Mountain Avenue. A responding Monrovia officer observed federal agents approaching the store and conducting an immigration enforcement operation. Federal authorities later identified the operation as a U.S. Border Patrol enforcement action and reported that eight people were arrested. Initial local reporting described the agents as Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.
During the federal operation, 52-year-old Carlos Roberto Montoya, a Guatemalan immigrant and day laborer, ran from the Home Depot property. Montoya crossed Evergreen Avenue and entered the eastbound lanes of Interstate 210 near Myrtle Avenue. At approximately 9:52 a.m., an SUV traveling on the freeway struck him. Monrovia Fire and Rescue personnel transported Montoya to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. The Consulate General of Guatemala in Los Angeles subsequently confirmed his identity.
Federal authorities disputed characterizations that agents were actively chasing Montoya when he entered the freeway. The Department of Homeland Security stated that Montoya was not being pursued by DHS personnel and said the agency did not learn of his death until the California Highway Patrol contacted it hours after the enforcement operation. Monrovia city officials, however, confirmed that Montoya ran from the area while federal immigration enforcement activity was underway at the Home Depot and entered the freeway less than 10 minutes after the agents arrived.
The California Highway Patrol investigated the fatal collision. Montoya's death drew protests from immigrant-rights advocates, who attributed his flight to fear generated by the federal enforcement operation. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network organized a vigil for Montoya outside the Home Depot on 08/15/2025. Advocates disputed the federal government's effort to separate the death from the immigration operation and described Montoya as a worker who fled when federal agents arrived.
Montoya's death occurred during an intensified series of federal immigration operations at Home Depot stores, workplaces and other locations across Southern California. It was also one of multiple deaths reported in 2025 involving people who died while attempting to escape federal immigration enforcement activity.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/monrovia-home-depot-vigil-planned-for-man-who-died-allegedly-fleeing-immigration-operation/
https://apnews.com/article/a951deacf0a59e1cfab344a4feddb59d
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-immigrant-home-depot-ice-raid-20819904.php

On 08/11/2025, at approximately 7:40 a.m., a woman was driving on Stillman Boulevard near 29th Avenue in Tuscaloosa when her vehicle struck the rear of a Tuscaloosa Police Department Chevrolet Tahoe. The police vehicle was stopped in the roadway while an officer was assisting another motorist. The officer was inside the Tahoe when the collision occurred.
Tuscaloosa Police reported that investigators believed the woman was experiencing a medical emergency immediately before the collision and that the medical event may have caused her to lose control of her vehicle and strike the police Tahoe. Emergency personnel transported her to DCH Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
Initial information provided by Tuscaloosa Police incorrectly stated that the woman had died at the hospital. The department subsequently corrected that report and said she remained alive but was on life support and was not expected to survive. The available reporting therefore contains conflicting early information concerning the precise time and date of her death.
Police also stated that preliminary information suggested the woman's underlying medical emergency, rather than injuries sustained in the collision, was responsible for her critical condition. Because the crash involved a Tuscaloosa Police Department vehicle, TPD recused itself from investigating the incident and turned the investigation over to the Northport Police Department.
The woman's identity was not publicly released in the reporting located for this update. The Tuscaloosa officer occupying the police Tahoe was also not publicly identified.

https://tuscaloosathread.com/woman-dies-after-hitting-police-vehicle/
https://abc3340.com/newsletter-daily/alabama-woman-on-life-support-after-car-hits-parked-tpd-vehicle-in-tuscaloosa-stillman-boulevard-and-29th-avenue-august-2025
https://x.com/wvua23/status/1954994482400641157

On 08/11/2025, 36-year-old Bernard Anthony Oliver Evans, Jr., of Winston-Salem was killed when the Audi SUV he was driving crashed during a North Carolina State Highway Patrol pursuit in Greensboro. Later records identify Evans by his full name and confirm that he was born on 10/08/1988 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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The specific initiating reason for the attempted stop was speeding. At approximately 9:13 a.m., a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper observed a white Audi SUV traveling west on Interstate 40 near Gallimore Dairy Road. Highway Patrol said the trooper clocked the Audi at 91 mph in a 65-mph zone.
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The trooper activated emergency lights and siren and attempted to stop the Audi. Evans continued driving away while the trooper pursued. The chase proceeded west on I-40 before Evans exited onto Sandy Ridge Road and then turned west onto West Market Street.
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While traveling on West Market Street, Evans lost control of the Audi. The vehicle went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree and then a utility pole. Evans was the only person in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Highway Patrol said investigators determined Evans was not wearing a seat belt. Police further reported finding what they described as a large quantity of illegal narcotics and a stolen handgun in the vehicle after the fatal crash. Those discoveries occurred during the post-crash investigation and were not the reason police initiated the attempted traffic stop or pursuit; the initiating offense was the alleged 91-mph speed.
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Evans was the son of the late Bernard Anthony Oliver Evans Sr. and Faye Collins Evans. His father, a U.S. Army veteran, died in 2023. Evans Jr. attended schools in Winston-Salem and was associated with First Waughtown Baptist Church. His family called him “Ben.” He was the father of two children.
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The pursuit involved a trooper continuing from an interstate speeding encounter onto surface streets before the fatal crash. Records particularly relevant to evaluating the pursuit include the initiating trooper's dash-camera and body-camera recordings, Highway Patrol radio traffic and CAD records, GPS/AVL vehicle data, pursuit-supervisor communications, crash reconstruction, event-data-recorder information from the Audi, and the applicable Highway Patrol pursuit policy.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper or troopers who pursued Bernard Evans have not been publicly identified.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/winston-salem-man-dies-crashing-high-speed-chase-guilford-county/83-f6852910-c59c-4118-9bf6-464ec93ec295
https://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-guilford-county-crash-160247449.html
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/man-dies-in-guilford-county-crash-after-troopers-chase-highway-patrol-says/
https://www.wxii12.com/article/winston-salem-man-dies-greensboro-crash-chase-drugs/65656654
https://0201.nccdn.net/1_2/000/000/0e2/459/bernard-a-o-evans-jr-csb-8-25-2025.pdf
https://www.wlfieldsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Bernard-Anthony-Oliver-Evans

On 08/11/2025, shortly after 1:00 a.m., police attempted to stop a 2018 Chrysler 300 driven by Jesus F. Estrada in the San Antonio area. San Antonio Police Department records state that Estrada continued driving away while officers pursued. Officers from the San Antonio, Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills police departments participated in the pursuit, which continued for approximately 20 minutes. Twenty-four-year-old Seth Nolan Palacios Cruz was a passenger in Estrada’s vehicle.
At approximately 1:30 a.m., the Chrysler was traveling on Harry Wurzbach Road near Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston while police continued pursuing it. According to SAPD, the vehicle was traveling at high speed immediately before Estrada lost control and crashed into a stone pillar outside the military installation. The impact caused the Chrysler to burst into flames.
Military police officers from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston reached the burning vehicle and pulled Estrada and Cruz from the wreckage while San Antonio Fire Department personnel extinguished the fire. Cruz suffered fatal blunt-force injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner subsequently identified him as Seth Nolan Palacios Cruz, 24, and ruled his death accidental. Estrada survived with serious injuries and was transported to a hospital.
Police alleged that Estrada was intoxicated at the time of the crash. After his hospitalization, authorities arrested him and charged him with intoxication manslaughter, evading arrest and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Court records reported that his combined bail was initially set at $205,000.
The fatal crash occurred approximately 20 minutes after police initiated the attempted traffic stop, with officers from three separate police departments pursuing the vehicle before it struck the pillar. Cruz was a passenger and was not the person police were attempting to stop.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/one-dead-another-critical-after-fiery-end-to-police-chase-near-fort-sam-houston
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/08/11/one-killed-one-injured-in-fiery-crash-after-police-chase-in-san-antonio
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/san-antonio-police-chase-fatal-crash-19428427.php

On 08/10/2025, 19-year-old Tyler Martell Scott Harris was killed when a vehicle D’Iberville police were pursuing crashed at Popp’s Ferry Road and Cedar Lake Road in Biloxi. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer pronounced Harris dead at the scene.
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Harris was born on 06/06/2006. His obituary identifies his parents as Tameka C. Harris Magee and Henry B. Morris and states that he was born in Covington, Louisiana, grew up in Biloxi and later attended Bogalusa High School before earning his high-school diploma through Penn Foster University at age 16.
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The specific initiating reason for the attempted stop was that D’Iberville police identified the white Hyundai Harris was driving as a vehicle reported stolen from Biloxi earlier that same day. A D’Iberville officer saw the Hyundai and attempted to stop it. Harris continued driving away while police pursued.
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The pursuit traveled from D’Iberville into Biloxi. At approximately 5:15-5:30 p.m., Harris reached the intersection of Popp’s Ferry Road and Cedar Lake Road. The Hyundai collided with a truck that was turning onto Cedar Lake Road. The impact sent the Hyundai rolling through the air before it came to rest in a bank parking lot.
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Harris was killed in the crash. A passenger riding with Harris survived and was transported to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. Two people in the truck were not seriously injured.
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The pursuit occurred in a heavily developed commercial and residential portion of Biloxi and culminated in a high-energy collision at a major intersection. The available reporting does not identify the pursuing D’Iberville officer, the speeds reached during the pursuit, its exact distance or duration, whether a supervisor authorized or monitored it, whether officers attempted stop sticks or other intervention tactics, or whether D’Iberville police considered terminating the pursuit as it entered Biloxi.
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D’Iberville Police Department has a documented history of pursuing drivers for offenses substantially less serious than the stolen-vehicle allegation in Harris’s case. On 11/14/2024, less than nine months before Harris was killed, D’Iberville police pursued a driver suspected of shoplifting from a Lowe’s. That pursuit traveled through three cities before ending when the pursued Ford Fusion collided with a truck and trailer in Ocean Springs.
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D’Iberville police also conducted an earlier fatal pursuit in 2015. On 07/30/2015, officers pursued 24-year-old Marshall Smith after a fight at a D’Iberville restaurant and a collision in the parking lot. The pursuit ended less than a mile away on Quave Road in St. Martin when Smith lost control and struck a tree. His passenger and mother, 48-year-old Millicent Sue Smith, was killed.
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Thus, Harris’s death was not the department’s first fatality arising from a vehicle pursuit. D’Iberville police had previously experienced a pursuit in which a passenger was killed and, less than a year before Harris’s death, another multi-city pursuit over an alleged shoplifting offense ended in a collision.
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The department also has documented misconduct history involving its personnel. In 2011, D’Iberville officers Michael Mitchell and Justin Grafton were accused of assaulting a private citizen while the officers were attending a law-enforcement training seminar in Oxford, Mississippi. Oxford police issued both officers summonses for simple assault.
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D’Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne placed Mitchell and Grafton on administrative leave and opened an internal misconduct investigation. Both officers subsequently resigned, at which point the department closed the internal investigation.
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The precise circumstances under which D’Iberville officers decided to initiate and continue the pursuit that killed Harris remain important because the vehicle had been reported stolen earlier that day, but the available accounts do not establish whether police knew Harris’s identity before initiating the stop, whether Harris was alleged to have personally stolen the vehicle, or whether police were pursuing solely because the vehicle itself returned as stolen.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The D’Iberville police officer or officers who pursued Tyler Harris have not been publicly identified.
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The department had prior institutional experience with the lethal consequences of pursuits. Its 2015 pursuit of Marshall Smith ended in a crash that killed passenger Millicent Sue Smith, and its November 2024 pursuit of a person accused of shoplifting traveled through multiple municipalities before ending in another collision.
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D’Iberville Police Department also previously lost two officers through resignation during an internal misconduct investigation. Michael Mitchell and Justin Grafton resigned in 2011 after being accused of assaulting a civilian while attending police training in Oxford.

https://www.wlox.com/2025/08/10/bpd-police-chase-involving-stolen-vehicle-ends-with-fatal-high-speed-collision-biloxi/

https://www.wxxv25.com/biloxi-police-one-dead-after-sunday-evening-police-chase-ends-in-crash/

https://www.wxxv25.com/victim-identified-in-sunday-evening-police-chase-that-ended-in-fatal-crash/

https://www.fox8live.com/2025/08/10/update-victim-identified-fatal-high-speed-crash-following-police-chase-stolen-vehicle-biloxi-officials-say/

https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article311632788.html

https://www.affordablefh.com/obituary/Tyler-ScottHarris

https://gcwire.com/three-city-police-chase-over-shoplifter-ends-in-ocean-springs-crash/

https://www.wlox.com/story/29680394/diberville-woman-identified-as-victim-of-fatal-crash/

https://www.wlox.com/story/14688228/two-diberville-officers-under-investigation/

https://www.wlox.com/story/14736595/diberville-officers-resign-amid-misconduct-investigation/

On 08/10/2025, at approximately 1:13 p.m., Creston Police Department officers attempted to stop 55-year-old Tony Dean Fizer while he was riding a 2022 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special motorcycle on U.S. Highway 34 in Creston. Police reported that the attempted traffic stop was initiated for speeding, alleging that Fizer was traveling more than 70 mph in a 55-mph zone.
Fizer continued east on Highway 34 while Creston police pursued him. According to the Iowa State Patrol crash investigation, speeds during the pursuit exceeded 100 mph. The pursuit continued east through Union County and past Afton.
Approximately one mile east of Afton near mile marker 94, Fizer entered a curve while the police pursuit was continuing. The Iowa State Patrol reported that he lost control of the motorcycle, which left the roadway, traveled onto the shoulder and overturned. Fizer was thrown from the motorcycle into the south ditch and sustained fatal injuries.
Emergency personnel transported Fizer to Greater Regional Health in Creston, where he died. The Iowa State Patrol investigated the fatal crash, with assistance from the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Fizer's full name was Tony Dean Fizer; his obituary confirms that he was born January 9, 1970, was a lifelong area resident and worked in construction.
The publicly available reports do not identify the Creston police officer or officers who initiated or participated in the pursuit.

https://www.kmaland.com/news/creston-man-killed-in-union-county-motorcycle-pursuit-accident/article_68f81005-3c54-4395-b3c9-e2a535990f80.html
https://www.crestonnews.com/records/2025/08/11/creston-man-dead-after-motorcycle-pursuit/
https://www.weareiowa.com/article/traffic/highway-34-afton-creston-motorcycle-crash-car-chase-police-iowa-state-patrol-death-tony-fizer/524-b1146518-f37a-4389-b02c-60065883ba3d

n 08/09/2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Oil City Police Department officers attempted to stop 59-year-old Thomas W. Swearingen of Masury, Ohio, while he was riding a 2000 Yamaha Road Star 1600 motorcycle. Police reported that the attempted stop was initiated for a traffic violation. The specific traffic violation was not identified in the available reporting. Swearingen continued driving east on U.S. Route 62 while Oil City police pursued him into Cranberry Township.
While the police pursuit was continuing on U.S. Route 62, Swearingen lost control of the motorcycle in the 2500 block of the highway. The motorcycle left the roadway, traveled up an embankment and entered a wooded area, where it struck multiple trees before coming to rest in or near a culvert.
Swearingen suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Pennsylvania State Police reported that he had been wearing a motorcycle helmet but alleged that it was being used improperly.
Pennsylvania State Police investigated the fatal crash because Oil City Police Department officers had been pursuing Swearingen immediately before it occurred. Public reporting identified Oil City Police as the agency that initiated and conducted the pursuit but did not identify the officer or officers involved

https://www.wfmj.com/story/51467884/masury-motorcyclist-killed-in-police-chase-crash
https://explorevenango.com/police-pursuit-turns-fatal-in-venango-county/

On 08/08/2025, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of gunfire at a residence on Dunk Drive on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Police located a vehicle leaving the area that they believed was connected to the reported shooting and attempted to stop it. Twenty-six-year-old Antwone L. Allen was driving the vehicle.
Allen continued driving away while IMPD officers pursued him through northwest Indianapolis. The pursuit ended when Allen lost control of the vehicle and crashed. Allen suffered catastrophic injuries in the crash and was transported for emergency medical treatment. Contrary to early reports describing the crash as immediately fatal, Allen survived for approximately three days on life support.
Allen's family reported that he suffered severe injuries in the August 8 crash and remained on life support until 08/11/2025, when he died. His mother subsequently organized funeral arrangements and publicly confirmed that Allen's death resulted from the injuries he suffered in the August 8 crash. The database date should therefore be 08/11/2025, rather than the August 8 date of the pursuit and crash.
Available reporting establishes that the police pursuit began because IMPD believed Allen's vehicle was connected to the reported gunfire on Dunk Drive. The publicly available material located for this update does not establish that Allen himself had fired a weapon or otherwise identify his role in the reported shooting before police initiated the vehicle stop.
The IMPD officer or officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit have not been publicly identified in the available reporting. No reliable public record located for this update provided an officer name that could be entered without speculation.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/26-year-old-dies-after-crash-during-northwest-indianapolis-pursuit
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/impd-suspect-dead-after-pursuit-crash-indianapolis
https://fox59.com/news/impd-suspect-dies-in-crash-after-pursuit

On 08/07/2025 at approximately 1:00 a.m., Orange Beach police officers attempted to stop a 2015 Hyundai Sonata after observing suspected DUI and reckless driving. The driver continued driving away while police pursued along Alabama Highway 182 (West Beach Boulevard). Police reported the vehicle reached speeds exceeding 100 mph during the pursuit.
Surveillance video from businesses along West Beach Boulevard captured the Hyundai traveling westbound at a high rate of speed with multiple Orange Beach police vehicles following. Witnesses reported the vehicle appeared to be traveling between 80 and more than 100 mph.
Orange Beach police terminated the pursuit in the 2100 block of West Beach Boulevard, approximately 2½ miles before the roadway ends at the entrance to the Laguna Key subdivision. After police discontinued the pursuit, the Hyundai continued westbound and struck a concrete traffic barrier protecting the guard gate at the private neighborhood entrance. The collision caused catastrophic damage to the vehicle.
Gulf Shores police officers, who were not involved in the pursuit, responded after Orange Beach officers ended the chase and located the crash. The driver, later identified as Richard G. Holt of Cocoa, Florida, died at the scene from injuries sustained in the collision.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash. On August 9, 2025, ALEA identified the driver as 56-year-old Richard G. Holt of Cocoa, Florida. Investigators stated that the Orange Beach Police Department had terminated the pursuit before the fatal collision occurred. The investigation remains ongoing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-big-boom-witness-describes-deadly-crash-in-gulf-shores-after-orange-beach-police-chase/ar-AA1K7CuG
https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/08/09/alea-identifies-driver-fatal-crash-gulf-shores/

On 08/07/2025 at approximately 1:30 a.m., a Nebraska State Patrol trooper attempted to stop a Ford F-150 traveling westbound on Interstate 80 near 96th Street. The driver continued driving away while the trooper pursued.
The pursuit continued onto northbound Interstate 680. An Omaha Police Department Able-1 helicopter joined the pursuit, and officers deployed stop sticks in an attempt to slow the pickup. As the truck passed Blair High Road on Interstate 680, the driver fired multiple rounds out of the driver's side window while continuing to flee.
The pickup left the interstate, traveled down an embankment, and crashed into a tree in the backyard of a residence near North 88th Street and Sunrise Drive. Officers and troopers established a perimeter around the crashed vehicle after the driver remained inside.
Police attempted to communicate with the driver for an extended period. Officers then deployed a drone, which showed the driver motionless inside the pickup. An Omaha Police Department K-9 team approached the vehicle and found the driver with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers transported him to Nebraska Medicine, where he died a short time later. Investigators recovered a rifle from inside the pickup.
The Nebraska State Patrol, Omaha Police Department, and Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident. Authorities reported that the pursuit lasted approximately ten minutes. The Nebraska State Patrol stated that no law enforcement officers fired their weapons during the incident. At the time of the initial reports, the driver's identity was being withheld pending family notification.

https://www.wowt.com/2025/08/07/one-hospital-after-police-chase-north-omaha/
https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-state-patrol-omaha-police-chase-deadly-crash/61086562

On 08/06/2025 at approximately 7:15 p.m., Milwaukee police officers attempted to stop a vehicle that was driving recklessly near North Hopkins Street and West Hampton Avenue. Police also reported the vehicle was wanted in connection with a felony investigation. The driver, 17-year-old Raki Henderson, continued driving away while officers pursued.
The pursuit continued for approximately one mile before Henderson lost control of the vehicle near North 19th Place and West Hampton Avenue. The vehicle struck a tree and immediately became engulfed in flames. Henderson was trapped inside the burning vehicle.
Milwaukee police officers attempted to rescue Henderson from the burning vehicle. According to the Milwaukee Police Association, one officer suffered smoke inhalation and another sustained second- and third-degree burns while trying to pull Henderson from the wreckage. Despite those efforts, Henderson died at the scene. He was the sole occupant of the fleeing vehicle.
Henderson's family later publicly identified him and urged other drivers to stop when police attempt traffic stops, stating they hoped others would not lose their lives in similar circumstances. The Milwaukee Police Department continues to investigate the pursuit and crash.

https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-car-fire-leaves-at-least-1-person-dead-2-injured/65619938
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-police-teen-dies-in-crash-after-pursuit-vehicle-catches-fire
https://www.cbs58.com/news/milwaukee-teen-dies-in-crash-following-police-chase-car-catches-fire
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-pursuit-deadly-crash-car-fire
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2025/08/07/milwaukee-police-officers-hurt-trying-to-save-teen-in-burning-car/123456789/

On 08/06/2025, a Chevrolet Silverado was reported stolen from Hardy Chevrolet on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville. Georgia State Patrol troopers located the truck and attempted a traffic stop. The driver, Daniel Thomas Davis, continued driving away while troopers pursued. The pursuit reached speeds exceeding 100 mph as it traveled through Hall County toward Jackson County.
Troopers attempted multiple PIT maneuvers during the pursuit but were initially unsuccessful. During the chase, a dog riding unsecured in the bed of the stolen pickup was thrown from the vehicle onto the roadway. Authorities have not released information regarding the dog's condition.
The pursuit continued south on Candler Road (SR-60), where Davis drove into the rear of a vehicle operated by Agustin Rivera, 50, forcing it off the roadway and into a wooded area. Rivera sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
After the collision, Davis continued driving away until Georgia State Patrol troopers successfully performed a PIT maneuver on GA-332 near Talmo, disabling the pickup. Davis fled on foot before troopers deployed a Taser and took him into custody. He was charged with felony murder and numerous additional offenses. The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the pursuit and the fatal collision.

https://www.accesswdun.com/article/2025/8/9/1429307/suspect-and-victim-identified-in-fatal-stolen-vehicle-chase
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/forsyth-county-police-chase-deadly-crash
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/forsyth-county/man-dead-after-police-chase-crash-forsyth-county/

On 08/05/2025 at approximately 2:15 a.m., an Alexandria Police Department officer attempted to stop a vehicle. The driver continued driving away while police pursued. The pursuit entered the City of Anderson at a high rate of speed.
The fleeing vehicle lost control near the intersection of Washington Street and North Park Avenue. The vehicle struck a utility pole and crashed into two homes. Emergency responders located multiple occupants inside the wreckage.
Landon Shaffer, 17, of Marion, died from injuries sustained in the crash. Preston Jett, 20, of Marion, also died. A third occupant was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
The Anderson Police Department assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash. Authorities continue to investigate the pursuit and collision.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/alexandria-indiana-police-chase-ends-fatal-crash-anderson-madison-county/531-f771b1e6-f580-40ef-bb4a-7746c3916a82
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iv-coroner-ids-two-killed-222100258.html
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/alexandria-police-chase-fatal-crash/

On 08/05/2025 at approximately 2:15 a.m., an Alexandria Police Department officer attempted to stop a vehicle. The driver continued driving away while police pursued. The pursuit entered the City of Anderson at a high rate of speed.
The fleeing vehicle lost control near the intersection of Washington Street and North Park Avenue. The vehicle struck a utility pole and crashed into two homes. Emergency responders located multiple occupants inside the wreckage.
Landon Shaffer, 17, of Marion, died from injuries sustained in the crash. Preston Jett, 20, of Marion, also died. A third occupant was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
The Anderson Police Department assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash. Authorities continue to investigate the pursuit and collision.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/alexandria-indiana-police-chase-ends-fatal-crash-anderson-madison-county/531-f771b1e6-f580-40ef-bb4a-7746c3916a82
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iv-coroner-ids-two-killed-222100258.html
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/alexandria-police-chase-fatal-crash/

On 08/04/2025 at approximately 9:21 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop a Kia SUV for speeding in Halifax County. The driver, later identified as Alton Willie Devone Wade, 26, continued driving away while the trooper pursued. The pursuit entered Pittsylvania County, where Wade drove the wrong way in the southbound lanes of U.S. Route 29.
Near R and L Smith Lane, Wade's Kia struck a southbound Ford Focus head-on. The driver of the Ford Focus, Nelson Michael Smith, 17, of Providence, North Carolina, was wearing his seatbelt and died at the scene. Wade was injured and airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Two passengers in Wade's vehicle were transported to Sovah Danville with non-life-threatening injuries.
Virginia State Police charged Wade with the death of Nelson Michael Smith along with multiple additional offenses stemming from the pursuit. The investigation remains ongoing.

https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/08/05/pursuit-halifax-county-leads-wrong-way-head-on-collision-pittsylvania-county-one-killed/
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/08/05/man-charged-following-police-chase-that-resulted-in-17-year-olds-death-in-halifax-county/
https://wset.com/news/local/virginia-state-police-investigating-halifax-pursuit-which-lead-to-a-crash-and-fatality-pittsylvania-county-alton-willie-devone-wade-nelson-michael-smith-august-2025

On 08/03/2025 at approximately 12:14 p.m., an Irondequoit Police Department officer observed a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle speeding north on Titus Avenue. The officer attempted a traffic stop, but Bryan Anthony Starkweather, 24, continued riding away north on Culver Road. The officer lost sight of the motorcycle near Sweet Fern Road and terminated visual contact while other officers searched the area.
A short time later, another officer located the motorcycle after it had crashed on Lakeshore Boulevard near Durand Eastman Beach. Starkweather's motorcycle struck a Nissan SUV that was pulling into a parking space. Officers rendered lifesaving aid, including CPR, but Starkweather was pronounced dead at the scene. The occupants of the SUV were not injured.
Family members later publicly identified the decedent as Bryan Anthony Starkweather, and his obituary confirmed that he died in the August 3, 2025 motorcycle crash. A vigil was held at Durand Eastman Beach following his death.
Because the fatality occurred following a police pursuit, the New York State Attorney General's Office assumed responsibility for investigating the incident. The investigation remains ongoing.

https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/08/04/motorcyclist-dies-after-police-pursuit-in-irondequoit/
https://13wham.com/news/local/crash-closes-portion-of-lakeshore-boulevard
https://www.whec.com/top-news/police-investigation-along-lakeshore-boulevard-in-irondequoit/

Around 12:50 a.m., Sturgis police attempted to stop a motorcyclist for exhibition riding near the Iron Horse Saloon. The driver continued driving on U.S. Highway 14A and lost control, crashing into a ditch. He was transported to a hospital, where he died the following day. This was one of four fatalities reported during the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as of August 4.

https://www.kotatv.com/2025/08/08/motorcyclist-involved-sturgis-police-chase-dies-injuries/
https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/south-dakota/rally-tally-day-6-troopers-report-2-new-deaths-14-injuries

On 08/02/2025 at approximately 2:00 a.m., deputies with the Harris County Precinct 7 Constable's Office observed a black Ford F-150 driven by Rene Hernandez, 21, strike multiple vehicles and attempted to stop it. Hernandez continued driving away at high speed while deputies pursued. At the intersection of Smith Street and Elgin Street in Midtown Houston, Hernandez drove through a red light and struck a white Lexus.
Ronnie Burns II, 22, a recent Florida A&M University graduate and passenger in the Lexus, died at the scene. The driver of the Lexus, Jayden Fleming, 22, also died in the collision and should be entered as a separate fatality report. The Lexus caught fire following the impact.
Hernandez was taken into custody at the scene. Investigators reported he showed signs of intoxication, including a strong odor of alcohol and slurred speech. He was charged with two counts of murder because the deaths occurred during the commission of a felony. A female passenger in Hernandez's truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/08/04/hcso-to-provide-updates-after-deadly-high-speed-chase-ended-in-fiery-crash/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/two-famu-graduates-killed-midtown-crash-suspected-drunk-driver-facing-murder-charges/