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On September 8, 2024, at approximately 1:43 a.m., officers from the West St. Paul Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance call. A female caller reported that a 35-year-old male was threatening residents and damaging property inside a home. She indicated that the individual had consumed a large amount of alcohol and used drugs.
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Upon arrival, officers observed a vehicle matching the description provided, traveling eastbound on Moreland Avenue. They attempted a traffic stop to arrest the driver for domestic assault and other charges. However, the driver fled, leading to a brief pursuit.
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A few blocks later, after crossing Robert Street, the driver lost control of the vehicle, striking a power pole and two unoccupied vehicles in a driveway near the intersection of Moreland Avenue and Kruse Street. The impact caused the driver to be ejected from the vehicle. Despite life-saving efforts by officers and paramedics, the individual was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The crash resulted in power outages for several homes in the area due to the damaged power pole.
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The Mendota Heights Police Department is investigating the incident, with the Minnesota State Patrol conducting a crash reconstruction.
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Total Fatalities/Injuries: 1 fatality (35-year-old male driver)

https://www.fox9.com/news/west-st-paul-police-pursuit-ends-1-man-dead-sunday-morning
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/west-st-paul-fatal-crash-domestic/89-13cdfbcf-08e0-4718-8136-1f25e56b4a24
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/west-st-paul-police-chase-deadly-crash/

Collierville PD traffic-stopped a vehicle and discovered a passenger was wanted for previous domestic violence. A woman who was driving was removed from the vehicle. K9 officers approached and the male passenger jumped into the driver’s seat and attempted to get away from police. He ran into a patrol car and crashed and died.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/suspect-dead-after-crashing-into-multiple-vehicles-including-police-car-in-collierville-cpd-says/article_edd4a5d8-6d83-11ef-bbc0-4f5025bca41c.html

Thurston police received a call that a woman had shown up at someone’s residence and demanded fentanyl. Police were called and located the woman who was allegedly driving with a flat tire in a stolen vehicle. Police chased the vehicle and placed spike strips which flattened the second tire on her right side, causing her to swerve into head on traffic where she crashed into a bystander and killed a person in that vehicle. The chase was allegedly initiated for a failed attempt to procure fentanyl and driving erratically with a flat tire. This is one of several police pursuit fatalities that have occurred since Washington’s governor Jay Insleee eviscerated a previous band on police pursuits in 2023, leading to Washington police chasing and causing fatal accidents again.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/high-speed-pursuit-lacey-ends-head-on-crash-one-person-critical-condition/IZTPTJMDQREVJIHKRZ3Z6JIOTQ/

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/grandmother-four-dead-after-head-on-collision-with-driver-trying-escape-police/4AYSYDYN4RHFZOX3ORYPAT44H4/?taid=66de72c74fc3340001545e38&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitt

On September 7, 2024, at approximately 1:37 a.m., a Rome Police Department officer observed a black Dodge Charger speeding eastbound after turning from Lavender Drive onto Shorter Avenue. The officer initiated a pursuit but allegedly discontinued due to the Charger's excessive speed, which exceeded 90 miles per hour. A BOLO (be on the lookout) was issued to nearby units.
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Another officer traveling south on Riverside Parkway spotted the Charger still speeding eastbound on Turner McCall Boulevard. The officer attempted to join the chase when the Charger collided head-on with a Honda Accord near Dogwood Drive.
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The collision resulted in the deaths of 23-year-old driver Kadrian Lamirical Harris and her front-seat passenger, 23-year-old Malik Christyle Henderson. Harris's one-year-old daughter, Riley Harris, sustained critical injuries, was transported to a local hospital, and survived.
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The Rome Police Department is conducting an investigation into the incident. The identities of the involved officers have not been disclosed.
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2 fatalities, 1 critically injured
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Last Update: 12/02/2024

https://www.wrganews.com/2024/09/07/two-killed-in-early-saturday-wreck-on-turner-mccall/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/mother-3-killed-1-year-old-daughter-critically-injured-after-head-on-dui-crash-floyd-county/NZQMU3OKEBF4TFGLBQUPEP5KZE/
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rome/rome-crash-turner-mccall-deadly-crash/85-500d3542-fd7b-4b0e-94bb-7ca4574c279e
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-blames-vp-harris-after-fatal-crash-involving-illegal-alien
https://www.q1023.fm/2024/09/07/two-killed-in-early-saturday-wreck-on-turner-mccall/

On September 7, 2024, at approximately 1:37 a.m., a Rome Police Department officer observed a black Dodge Charger speeding eastbound after turning from Lavender Drive onto Shorter Avenue. The officer initiated a pursuit but allegedly discontinued due to the Charger's excessive speed, which exceeded 90 miles per hour. A BOLO (be on the lookout) was issued to nearby units.

Another officer traveling south on Riverside Parkway spotted the Charger still speeding eastbound on Turner McCall Boulevard. The officer attempted to join the chase when the Charger collided head-on with a Honda Accord near Dogwood Drive.

The collision resulted in the deaths of Malik Chris'Tyle Henderson, 23, who was a front-seat passenger in the Honda Accord, and 23-year-old Kadrian Lamirical Harris, who was driving. Harris's one-year-old daughter, Riley Harris, sustained critical injuries, was transported to a local hospital, and survived.
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The Rome Police Department is conducting an investigation into the incident. The identities of the involved officers have not been disclosed.
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2 fatalities, 1 critically injured
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Last Update: 12/02/2024

https://www.wrganews.com/2024/09/07/two-killed-in-early-saturday-wreck-on-turner-mccall/
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/mother-3-killed-1-year-old-daughter-critically-injured-after-head-on-dui-crash-floyd-county/NZQMU3OKEBF4TFGLBQUPEP5KZE/
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rome/rome-crash-turner-mccall-deadly-crash/85-500d3542-fd7b-4b0e-94bb-7ca4574c279e
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-blames-vp-harris-after-fatal-crash-involving-illegal-alien
https://www.q1023.fm/2024/09/07/two-killed-in-early-saturday-wreck-on-turner-mccall/

On 09/06/2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Wayne County Sheriff's deputies observed two motorcycles traveling at high speeds on U.S. 70 near Goldsboro, North Carolina. The motorcycles lacked visible registration plates. Deputies escalated a chase exceeding 100 miles an hour during which 19-year-old Bradley Bridger Gill from Raleigh lost control near the I-795 West exit, veered off the road, and collided with a tree. He sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash site. Bradley Bridger Gill was a recent graduate of Broughton Senior High in Raleigh and was employed as a driller at Bridger Drilling.
INVESTIGATION: The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.

https://www.wral.com/story/raleigh-teen-dies-in-wayne-county-police-chase/21617927/
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wayne-county-news/1-dead-in-crash-during-wayne-county-chase-involving-2-motorcyclists-officials-say/
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/raleigh-nc/bradley-bridger-gill-11981237

St. Louis Police chased a vehicle for a drug warrant out of Texas. The vehicle rolled over during high-speed pursuit. Police opened fire, killing a man and woman inside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZYpLlbOAU

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/man-woman-dead-pursuit-shots-fired-affton/63-f33c7e34-8164-4ca1-b7e5-a282b960698c

St. Louis Police chased a vehicle for a drug warrant out of Texas. The vehicle rolled over during high-speed pursuit. Police allegedly fired shots, killing both the driver and passenger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZYpLlbOAU

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/man-woman-dead-pursuit-shots-fired-affton/63-f33c7e34-8164-4ca1-b7e5-a282b960698c

Jonathan Wood was driving a van and apparently collided with a parked state trooper vehicle on route 180. He died in the crash.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/traffic/ellsworth-maine-crash-state-police-cruiser/97-aeeacd05-ea3d-456d-8577-245fc17e3acb

On 09/04/2024, Richard Pshock, 64, was killed in Fontana, California, during a high-speed police pursuit. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) initiated a traffic stop, but the driver fled, leading police to escalate a chase. The fleeing vehicle collided with Pshock’s Mustang at Beech Avenue and Cherry. Medical personnel from the San Bernardino County Fire Department pronounced Pshock dead at the scene. The driver of the fleeing vehicle, later identified as 24-year-old Noe Banuelos, was arrested and faces charges, including felony evading and driving under the influence (DUI).
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Richard Pshock had been a beloved actor and broadcaster who dedicated his career to the performing arts and engaging audiences with his voice. Known for his charisma and talent, Pshock left an indelible mark on those who knew him professionally and personally.

https://abc7.com/post/chase-ends-major-crash-fontana-investigation-underway/15268275/
https://abc7.com/post/chase-ends-major-crash-fontana-investigation-underway/15268275/
https://usaccidentlawyer.com/news/richard-pshock-killed-by-fleeing-driver-chp-fontana/
https://www.avianlawgroup.com/news/64-year-old-richard-pshock-idd-in-fontana-pursuit/

On 09/04/2024, Taylor Alexander did not stop when Iberia Parish Sheriff's deputies attempted to pull him over. Police escalated a high-speed chase northbound onto LA Highway 3195. Alexander missed a curve, crossed into the southbound lane, exited the roadway, and overturned in a ditch.
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Alexander sustained severe injuries and was transported to a local hospital. On 10/02/2024, Alexander died from his injuries. The Louisiana State Police is investigating the incident.

https://www.lsp.org/community-outreach/news/unrestrained-driver-succumbs-to-injuries-sustained-in-iberia-parish-crash/
https://www.katc.com/iberia-parish/new-iberia-man-dies-one-month-after-high-speed-crash
https://www.klfy.com/local/iberia-parish/driver-injured-in-september-crash-dies-from-injuries-state-police-says/

On September 1, 2024, at approximately 1:39 a.m., officers from the Prairie Village Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a silver Chevrolet Malibu for a traffic violation near 63rd Street and State Line Road. The driver did not stop. Officers claim that they did not initiate a pursuit but observed the vehicle going eastbound at a high rate of speed, crossing into Kansas City, Missouri.
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The Chevrolet then traveled across a grassy median, struck a small tree on the west side of 62nd Street, vaulted across the street, and collided with a large tree, causing the vehicle to disintegrate. The driver, the sole occupant, was ejected and pronounced deceased at the location. The person remains unidentified as of the date of this update. The Kansas City Police Department is investigating the incident.

https://www.kmbc.com/article/driver-dies-traffic-stop-in-prairie-village/62028541
https://fox4kc.com/news/one-dead-after-crashing-into-tree-near-state-line-road-in-kansas-city/
https://salinapost.com/posts/3cc2ef6e-2390-43e3-ac90-eb756bbaf77d
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-dead-ejection-vehicle-speeding-155243600.html

Nebraska State Patrol tried to traffic-stop a motorcyclist who did not stop. Troopers escalated a chase up to 110 mph. The motorcyclist crashed into a van and died.

https://www.1011now.com/video/2024/09/01/motorcycle-rider-dies-after-fleeing-omaha-traffic-stop-2/

On 08/31/2024, at approximately 9:07 p.m., Radford Police Department officers responded to the Speedway at 1102 West Main Street in Radford after a person reported an armed robbery in which a 2005 Toyota Camry was stolen. Police located the Camry approximately 40 minutes later at the Sonic restaurant on West Main Street. Officers attempted a felony stop because the vehicle had been reported stolen during the armed robbery. Police alleged that driver Khasi Nikole Chrisley, 33, drove away, and Radford police initiated a pursuit.
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Police pursued Chrisley from West Main Street onto Radford Road and north on Route 11 toward Christiansburg. Before the Camry entered Christiansburg, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies deployed spike strips in an attempt to stop it. The pursuit nevertheless continued into Christiansburg.
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At approximately 9:58 p.m., while the pursuit continued on Radford Road, Chrisley's Camry struck the rear of a 2024 Mitsubishi that was in a turn lane near Mink Street and Crockett Home Improvement. The Camry then crossed into opposing traffic and collided head-on with a 2006 Volkswagen.
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Radford police officers provided first aid and CPR to Chrisley at the crash scene. She was transported to Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, where she died. Virginia State Police reported that Chrisley was not wearing a seat belt. Two people in the other vehicles suffered serious injuries; at least one was flown to a Roanoke hospital in critical condition.
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Virginia State Police investigated the fatal three-vehicle crash, with its Crash Reconstruction Team assisting in the investigation.
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Chrisley was born September 29, 1990. Her obituary identified her as the mother of three children.

https://www.wset.com/news/local/1-dead-after-vehicle-pursuit-radford-police-say-virginia-september-2024
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2024/09/03/suspect-dies-one-critically-injured-after-radford-police-chase/
https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/03/one-dead-after-stolen-vehicle-pursuit-radford/
https://montcova.com/2024/09/05/virginia-state-police-investigating-fatal-pursuit-crash-in-christiansburg/
https://augustafreepress.com/?p=372251
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/khasi-chrisley-obituary?id=56207672

On 08/24/2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Ricardo “Ricky” Resendez Jr., 28, was driving home from his job at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when off-duty Harris County Precinct 6 Deputy Constable Rigo Villeda Vivar crashed into Resendez’s vehicle at Canal Street and North Live Oak Street in Houston’s Second Ward. Resendez was approximately one block from the home he shared with his family. He died at the scene.
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Houston police determined that Vivar was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Canal Street when his Chevrolet Tahoe struck Resendez’s Dodge Avenger as Resendez was turning onto North Live Oak Street. Vivar was off duty but was in uniform and traveling to work. Precinct 6 initially described the Tahoe as Vivar’s personal vehicle.
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A search warrant obtained during the subsequent investigation provided substantially more detail about Vivar’s driving. Vivar told investigators that he cut around traffic and drove into the wrong-way lanes. He said he activated emergency lights while doing so. An eyewitness, however, told investigators that Vivar appeared to be traveling as fast as 80 mph in the 30-mph zone and that the witness did not see emergency lights activated.
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Harris County Precinct 6 terminated Vivar’s employment the day after the crash. Houston police investigated the collision, while Resendez’s family repeatedly called for criminal charges and questioned why Vivar had not been arrested.
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The investigation remained unresolved publicly for months. ABC13 reported in March 2025 that Precinct 6 had withheld records concerning Vivar and the crash despite a Texas Attorney General determination that at least some requested records were subject to release. ABC13 reported filing approximately two dozen public-records requests, including 18 with Precinct 6. The agency initially quoted unusually high costs for fulfilling some requests and later relied on the ongoing investigation to withhold records.
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The case eventually resulted in criminal charges. On 06/30/2025, a Harris County grand jury indicted Vivar for manslaughter in Resendez’s death. Vivar was arrested on 08/05/2025 and booked into the Harris County Jail. His bond was set at $100,000. Court reporting identified his full name as Rigo Villeda Vivar.
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Resendez was born June 9, 1996, and grew up in Houston’s historic Second Ward. He graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in kinesiology and was working at Bush Airport while establishing a career in sports medicine. His family described him as deeply devoted to his parents and three sisters.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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Rigo Villeda Vivar was a Harris County Precinct 6 deputy constable at the time of the fatal crash. Although off duty, he was in uniform and traveling to work. Precinct 6 terminated him on 08/25/2024, one day after Resendez was killed.
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ABC13 reported that Resendez’s family said it had learned of a history of professional and personal problems involving Vivar. Former colleagues and the family also raised allegations concerning Vivar’s driving record. When ABC13 questioned Vivar about those allegations, he denied them and referred further questions to his attorney.
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Vivar was subsequently indicted for manslaughter on 06/30/2025. He was arrested on 08/05/2025, nearly a year after Resendez’s death, and a judge set his bond at $100,000.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-deadly-wrong-way-crash-deputy-constable/285-05dbf86f-97fc-40a3-be94-e436ddeed8af
https://abc13.com/post/ricky-resendez-jr-death-months-after-pct-6-deputy-constable-accused-deadly-wrong-crash-law-enforcement-avoids-questions/15591968/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/11/26/watch-live-family-demands-justice-for-man-killed-in-crash-with-off-duty-deputy/
https://abc13.com/post/investigation-continues-deadly-wrong-crash-involving-precinct-6-constable-deputy-rigo-vivar-was-fired/15232330/
https://abc13.com/post/ex-harris-county-pct-6-deputy-constable-rigo-vivar-could-face-charges-crash-killed-ricky-resendez-jr-canal-street/15376726/
https://abc13.com/post/13-investigates-precinct-6-withholds-records-fatal-crash-despite-texas-attorney-general-ruling-release/16063529/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/08/05/former-harris-county-pct-6-deputy-indicted-for-manslaughter-in-fatal-second-ward-wrong-way-crash/
https://abc13.com/post/former-harris-county-precinct-6-deputy-constable-custody-deadly-wrong-crash-2024-records-show/17452805/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ricardo-resendez-obituary?id=56105518

On 08/30/2024, Bennie Joe Williams, 78, and his wife, Barbara Williams, 79, were killed when Plainfield Police Officer Bryan Goodmon crashed his police vehicle into their Honda while pursuing another driver at U.S. 40 and Smith Road near Clayton. The Williamses were uninvolved bystanders. Goodmon was traveling at approximately 100 mph immediately before the collision.
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The pursuit began after Plainfield police attempted to stop a Ford Mustang driven by 19-year-old Kyle Michael Conder. Police specifically alleged that Conder had been driving recklessly and speeding on U.S. 40. Conder continued driving away while police pursued him westbound out of Plainfield.
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Goodmon joined the pursuit as the second police vehicle. Investigative records later showed that he accelerated to approximately 100 mph while traveling westbound on U.S. 40. Goodmon's emergency lights were activated, but investigators determined that his siren was not continuously activated as required during the pursuit.
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At U.S. 40 and Smith Road, Bennie Williams was driving the couple's Honda south across the highway. Goodmon's police vehicle struck the Honda at high speed. The impact killed Bennie and Barbara Williams. Goodmon suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized.
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Indiana State Police reconstructed the collision and determined that Goodmon was traveling approximately 100 mph immediately before impact. Investigators concluded that his speed and failure to continuously operate his siren contributed to the fatal crash. State police found that Goodmon failed to exercise the "due regard" required of an emergency-vehicle driver.
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The investigation also found that Goodmon violated Plainfield Police Department pursuit policy. Department policy required officers to continually evaluate whether the need to apprehend a fleeing driver outweighed the danger created by continuing a pursuit. Goodmon was placed on administrative leave following the crash.
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Plainfield police subsequently initiated an internal investigation. Goodmon resigned from the Plainfield Police Department in January 2025 while the disciplinary process arising from the fatal crash was underway.
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Conder was arrested approximately two months after the crash. Prosecutors charged him with resisting law enforcement causing death and other offenses arising from the pursuit.
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Bennie and Barbara Williams had been married for 57 years. Their family described them as inseparable and said they were returning home after having dinner when Goodmon crashed into them. Bennie had retired from Allison Transmission after more than 30 years of employment. The couple left behind two children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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Bryan Goodmon was the Plainfield Police Department officer whose police vehicle struck and killed Bennie and Barbara Williams. Indiana State Police concluded that Goodmon was traveling approximately 100 mph before the collision, failed to continuously operate his siren and failed to exercise due regard for other motorists.
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Plainfield police determined that Goodmon violated department pursuit policy. He resigned from the department in January 2025 while facing disciplinary proceedings related to the fatal crash.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/plainfield-officer-resigns-deadly-crash-police-chase-clayton-indiana-couple-barbara-bennie-williams-us-40-smith-road/531-399701a7-6995-43a8-aeca-952222bc23c8
https://fox59.com/news/plainfield-police-officer-who-crashed-into-killed-elderly-couple-during-chase-resigns/
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/officer-hurt-in-double-fatality-crash-during-plainfield-police-pursuit/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/plainfield-officer-chase-100-mph-crash-deadly-barbara-williams-bennie-joe-clayton-indianapolis-police-bryan-goodmon-sirens-fault-due-regard-report/531-c34dc92b-dcf5-4320-95c7-ae199a89a9ce
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/impd-arrests-suspect-in-deadly-police-crash-in-plainfield/
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/plainfield-police-officer-resigns-after-deadly-crash-during-pursuit
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/bennie-williams-obituary?id=56231028

On 08/30/2024, Bennie Joe Williams, 78, and his wife, Barbara Williams, 79, were killed when Plainfield Police Officer Bryan Goodmon crashed his police vehicle into their Honda while pursuing another driver at U.S. 40 and Smith Road near Clayton. The Williamses were uninvolved bystanders. Goodmon was traveling at approximately 100 mph immediately before the collision.
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The pursuit began after Plainfield police attempted to stop a Ford Mustang driven by 19-year-old Kyle Michael Conder. Police specifically alleged that Conder had been driving recklessly and speeding on U.S. 40. Conder continued driving away while police pursued him westbound out of Plainfield.
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Goodmon joined the pursuit as the second police vehicle. Investigative records later showed that he accelerated to approximately 100 mph while traveling westbound on U.S. 40. Goodmon's emergency lights were activated, but investigators determined that his siren was not continuously activated as required during the pursuit.
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At U.S. 40 and Smith Road, Bennie Williams was driving the couple's Honda south across the highway. Goodmon's police vehicle struck the Honda at high speed. The impact killed Bennie and Barbara Williams. Goodmon suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized.
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Indiana State Police reconstructed the collision and determined that Goodmon was traveling approximately 100 mph immediately before impact. Investigators concluded that his speed and failure to continuously operate his siren contributed to the fatal crash. State police found that Goodmon failed to exercise the "due regard" required of an emergency-vehicle driver.
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The investigation also found that Goodmon violated Plainfield Police Department pursuit policy. Department policy required officers to continually evaluate whether the need to apprehend a fleeing driver outweighed the danger created by continuing a pursuit. Goodmon was placed on administrative leave following the crash.
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Plainfield police subsequently initiated an internal investigation. Goodmon resigned from the Plainfield Police Department in January 2025 while the disciplinary process arising from the fatal crash was underway.
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Conder was arrested approximately two months after the crash. Prosecutors charged him with resisting law enforcement causing death and other offenses arising from the pursuit.
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Bennie and Barbara Williams had been married for 57 years. Their family described them as inseparable and said they were returning home after having dinner when Goodmon crashed into them. Bennie had retired from Allison Transmission after more than 30 years of employment. The couple left behind two children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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Bryan Goodmon was the Plainfield Police Department officer whose police vehicle struck and killed Bennie and Barbara Williams. Indiana State Police concluded that Goodmon was traveling approximately 100 mph before the collision, failed to continuously operate his siren and failed to exercise due regard for other motorists.
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Plainfield police determined that Goodmon violated department pursuit policy. He resigned from the department in January 2025 while facing disciplinary proceedings related to the fatal crash.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/plainfield-officer-resigns-deadly-crash-police-chase-clayton-indiana-couple-barbara-bennie-williams-us-40-smith-road/531-399701a7-6995-43a8-aeca-952222bc23c8
https://fox59.com/news/plainfield-police-officer-who-crashed-into-killed-elderly-couple-during-chase-resigns/
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/officer-hurt-in-double-fatality-crash-during-plainfield-police-pursuit/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/plainfield-officer-chase-100-mph-crash-deadly-barbara-williams-bennie-joe-clayton-indianapolis-police-bryan-goodmon-sirens-fault-due-regard-report/531-c34dc92b-dcf5-4320-95c7-ae199a89a9ce
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/impd-arrests-suspect-in-deadly-police-crash-in-plainfield/
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/plainfield-police-officer-resigns-after-deadly-crash-during-pursuit
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/bennie-williams-obituary?id=56231028

On 08/30/2024, Wayne Noel, 64, died after crashing his Honda Civic while New York City police pursued him through Queens Village. Police were searching for Noel in connection with the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl the previous evening.
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According to NYPD investigators, the incident that prompted the search occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. on 08/29/2024 at a Key Food supermarket near 213th Street and Jamaica Avenue. Police alleged that Noel approached the girl while her grandmother was in a restroom, grabbed the child by her hair and forcibly took her from the store to his vehicle. Police alleged that Noel subsequently sexually assaulted the child in the vehicle.
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Police searched for Noel and his Honda Civic for approximately 18 hours. At about 12:30 p.m. the following day, NYPD personnel located Noel driving the vehicle in Queens and attempted to stop him specifically because he was wanted in connection with the alleged abduction and sexual assault. Noel continued driving away while police pursued him.
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During the pursuit, police said Noel drove through a stop sign near 90th Avenue and 212th Street and collided with another vehicle. The collision caused severe head injuries to Noel. Emergency personnel transported him to a hospital, where he died. The driver of the other vehicle sustained minor injuries.
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Police said Noel had four previous arrests. NYPD officials specifically cited a 2022 robbery case in which police alleged that Noel forced a woman into the same vehicle, drove her to another location and robbed her at knifepoint before she escaped.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The New York City Police Department did not publicly identify the officers involved in the pursuit that preceded Noel's fatal crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=073NzwUc0kM
https://qns.com/2024/08/suspect-dies-after-crash-during-police-chase-following-alleged-abduction-sexual-assault-of-9-year-old-girl/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-child-abduction-suspect-killed-in-crash/
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-crime-queens-village-kidnapping
https://www.amny.com/news/queens-sicko-sexually-assaulted-9-year-old-dies-fleeing-police/
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/girl-abducted-from-queens-supermarket-sexually-assaulted

On 08/29/2024, 19-year-old Amir Jordan was killed after a Cincinnati Police Department officer driving a marked 2021 Ford Explorer police cruiser struck him on Este Avenue near Chickering Avenue in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Village neighborhood. Jordan had just gotten off a Metro bus and was crossing Este Avenue while traveling to his father's nearby home. The police cruiser was operating in emergency mode with its lights and siren activated. Amir was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
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The crash occurred at approximately 5:56 p.m. The officer was responding to a call that Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center had classified as a Priority 1-Red "Shooting" incident, the city's highest level of emergency response. That classification permitted and prompted responding Cincinnati police officers to travel using lights and sirens.
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Initial public accounts portrayed the officer as responding to a reported shooting or a report of a person who had been shot. Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober stated after Amir's death that the officer had been dispatched following reports of a person shot and was traveling with emergency lights and siren activated.
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A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Amir's mother, Shenee McClendon, in August 2026 now sharply challenges that description of the emergency. According to the complaint and the computer-aided dispatch records cited in it, the underlying 911 call did involve a firearm being discharged, but the caller had not been shot, no injured shooting victim was awaiting emergency help, and the woman accused of firing the weapon had already left the scene before Amir was killed.
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According to the lawsuit, the initial 911 call was received at approximately 5:47 p.m. Call-taker Sarah Houseworth entered information indicating that a woman had "shot at" the caller and that a vehicle windshield had been damaged. By approximately 5:50 p.m., however, the call information expressly stated that the caller "was not shot." The allegation involved shots fired at or near a vehicle and resulting property damage rather than a person suffering a gunshot wound.
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At approximately 5:51 p.m., dispatcher Chelsea Basista assigned six Cincinnati police units to the call while it remained classified as the Priority 1-Red shooting response. Seconds later, additional information documented that the woman accused of firing the gun was no longer at the location and included a description of her and the vehicle in which she had left.
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Despite that information, according to the lawsuit, the emergency classification was not downgraded and responding officers were not directed to reduce their response. Two additional police units were subsequently assigned, bringing the response to at least eight units.
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The lawsuit alleges ECC employees had almost five minutes after learning both that the caller had not been shot and that the alleged shooter had left the scene in which they could have corrected the classification and slowed the police response before Amir was struck. The complaint argues that had the call been properly reclassified as a delayed firearm report, property-damage incident, non-in-progress weapons complaint, or another lower-priority event, the officer who hit Amir would neither have been expected nor authorized to continue traveling in emergency mode at that location.
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At approximately 5:56 p.m., the police Ford Explorer struck Amir as he crossed Este Avenue in front of or near the Metro bus from which he had just exited. Police and witnesses said the cruiser's lights and siren were operating. Amir was not in a marked crosswalk. The intersection had no marked pedestrian crossing serving the nearby bus stops, and residents subsequently described Este Avenue as a location where speeding, crashes and pedestrians crossing between bus stops were recurring concerns.
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The officer stopped, requested medical assistance and rendered aid. Amir was transported to UC Medical Center but died from his injuries.
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Police initially announced that the fatal collision would be investigated in essentially the same manner as another traffic crash. Cincinnati police traffic investigators examined evidence that reportedly included police dash-camera footage and Metro bus video. The Cincinnati Police Department has not publicly identified the officer who was driving the cruiser in the reliable sources located for this report.
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Amir's family questioned the circumstances surrounding his death almost immediately. His grandmother, Paula McClendon, said three days after the crash that the family still had not been contacted by a city official or police officer with an explanation of what had occurred. Nearly two years later, when the wrongful-death lawsuit was announced in August 2026, McClendon said the city still had never contacted the family to explain Amir's death.
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Amir's father, Anthony Jordan, who lived near the crash location, initially said he held no personal grudge against the police and had productive conversations with CPD following his son's death. He instead urged the city to address pedestrian safety on Este Avenue, where bus passengers regularly crossed a street without conveniently located marked crosswalks.
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WRONGFUL-DEATH LAWSUIT:
In August 2026, Amir's mother, Shenee McClendon, acting on behalf of her son and his estate, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that failures within Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center created the unnecessary emergency response that resulted in Amir's death.
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The defendants identified in reporting on the lawsuit are the City of Cincinnati; City Manager Sheryl Long; Emergency Communications Center Director William Vedra; Deputy Director Karli Piper; Operations Manager Christopher Dooley; dispatcher Chelsea Basista; and call-taker Sarah Houseworth.
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Significantly, the police officer whose cruiser struck Amir is not named as a defendant. Lead attorney Zachary Gottesman has publicly stated that the family's case does not contend that the officer was responsible for receiving inaccurate information from dispatch. Gottesman said the officer believed he was responding to an active shooting and was responding on the basis of what the Emergency Communications Center had communicated to police.
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The lawsuit instead alleges that a dangerous mismatch developed between what ECC personnel actually knew and what responding police officers were being led to believe. The complaint alleges that ECC employees knew there was no shooting victim needing rescue and knew that the person accused of firing a gun had already left, yet failed to change a classification that continued sending police vehicles through Cincinnati streets under emergency conditions.
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The complaint asserts six causes of action, including wrongful death, conscious pain and suffering, wanton and/or reckless misclassification of the emergency call, wanton and/or reckless dispatch conduct, wanton and reckless misconduct by ECC supervisors, and malicious civil conspiracy involving alleged fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment.
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ALLEGED PRIOR WARNING OF THE DANGER:
The lawsuit contends Amir's death was not the result of an unforeseeable one-time dispatch mistake. It alleges Cincinnati officials had already been warned that the Emergency Communications Center was incorrectly classifying firearm-related calls in ways that caused police officers to make dangerous emergency responses to circumstances that did not actually require them.
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The complaint cites an October 2022 email from ECC dispatch supervisor Sean Williams describing what he considered a significant increase in "gun" runs that did not justify that coding. Examples reportedly included a caller who did not want police and had already left the location, and another event coded as a gun call simply because a firearm had been involved in an earlier robbery.
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The lawsuit also cites a June 2024 event, only months before Amir was killed, involving a BB gun that had reportedly been classified as a drive-by shooting even though the people involved had already entered a residence before the 911 call was made. According to documents described in the lawsuit, a Cincinnati police lieutenant specifically raised concerns that officers were being sent lights-and-sirens to incidents involving BB or airsoft guns that did not justify such an emergency response, creating danger both to officers and civilians.
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The family's lawsuit therefore alleges that the precise public-safety danger that materialized when the cruiser struck Amir — police driving rapidly through city neighborhoods because a call was coded as a shooting although no active shooting emergency existed — had been identified internally before his death.
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ALLEGATIONS OF CONCEALMENT AND FAILURE TO DOCUMENT:
The lawsuit goes considerably beyond negligent call classification. It alleges Cincinnati ECC management maintained practices intended to prevent evidence of internal failures from becoming public records.
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The complaint incorporates a sworn statement from a former administrative assistant to ECC Director William Vedra who reportedly worked in that position from September 2023 until July 2026. According to the affidavit described in the lawsuit, Vedra prohibited electronic recording of management meetings because recordings could become records subject to Ohio public-records law.
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The former employee further alleges that handwritten notes were instead used to generate incomplete or inaccurate meeting minutes that omitted references to human errors and system failures, including recurring problems. The affidavit also alleges the existence of an unwritten practice discouraging employees from discussing ECC failures by email because email would create a public record reflecting negatively on the center.
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These remain allegations in pending litigation and have not been established by a judge or jury. The City of Cincinnati has declined to respond publicly to the substance of the claims, citing its practice of not commenting on pending litigation.
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The allegations are particularly significant because the ECC had a written Agency Liability Report procedure requiring reports when employee conduct allegedly created an increased likelihood of death, injury or substantial property loss. Attorneys for Amir's family say they requested all such reports through the end of 2024 and received records reflecting only one internal investigation concerning an EMS incident.
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The lawsuit contends that the absence of reports does not demonstrate an absence of dangerous incidents; rather, the family alleges management avoided creating documentation that would have revealed recurring failures.
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PRIOR CINCINNATI 911 FAILURES:
The lawsuit places Amir's death against the background of the widely scrutinized 2018 death of 16-year-old Kyle Plush. Plush became trapped inside his family's minivan, called Cincinnati 911 twice seeking help, and died after failures in the emergency response prevented officers from locating him.
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Plush's family later sued Cincinnati. The case resulted in a $6 million settlement in 2021 and a five-year reform program involving outside emergency-communications experts. Amir's family's lawsuit alleges those reforms were intended to prevent precisely the sort of emergency-communications breakdown that it contends contributed to Amir's death three years later.
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The new lawsuit seeks compensatory, wrongful-death, survival and punitive damages. It also seeks court-supervised reforms of Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center involving call prioritization and classification, dispatch practices, Agency Liability Reporting, training, supervision, auditing and quality assurance.
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The attorneys representing Amir's family include Zachary Gottesman, Thomas Bruns and Robb Stokar.
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Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center had documented serious failures well before Amir Jordan's death beyond the Kyle Plush case cited in the lawsuit. In January 2020, a Cincinnati 911 call-taker spent nearly eight minutes speaking with the neighbor of a man believed to be suffering a stroke, despite being told that the man was deteriorating and could die. No police, fire or medical unit was dispatched. The man, Pat Ward, was found dead the following day. City Manager Patrick Duhaney concluded that the call-taker had committed "serious neglect of duty" and violated multiple established procedures, and she was subsequently fired. Reporting at the time also disclosed an earlier January 2017 Cincinnati homicide call in which the 911 center was unable to enter information promptly into its computer-aided dispatch system, could not determine the correct location and improperly coded the call. An internal police review concluded that "serious service issues occurred in all facets of the call." FOX19 further reported that Cincinnati's communications center had experienced chronic staffing and training problems, CAD system outages, police-radio failures and misrouted cellular 911 calls.
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The pattern did not end with the reforms imposed following Kyle Plush's 2018 death. Cincinnati's own quality-control data later showed that during 2023 — the year before Amir was killed — between approximately 12% and 17% of reviewed 911 calls each month were classified as non-compliant with protocol. The city says performance subsequently improved substantially, with monthly non-compliance generally falling to roughly 3% to 7% during 2025. The figures do not mean every non-compliant call resulted in a dangerous response, but they establish that protocol deviations remained measurable and recurring during the period immediately preceding Amir's death.
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There is also evidence of another potentially deadly communications breakdown after Amir's death. In a January 2026 Spring Grove Village house fire that killed three members of the Archambault family, trapped resident Sol Archambault reportedly called 911 and told the call-taker where inside the burning house they were trapped. That information was entered into the communications system, but firefighters at the scene reportedly did not receive it in time. Once firefighters learned where Sol was located, they removed Sol from the house approximately four minutes later, but Sol subsequently died from smoke inhalation. A 911 expert and the firefighters' union president both said that information identifying the location of trapped occupants is critical information that must reach responding firefighters. The precise responsibility for that breakdown remains disputed, but it provides another example of critical information reaching Cincinnati's emergency communications system without reaching responders when it mattered.
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Cincinnati also has a documented history of dangerous high-speed police responses and pursuits. In a 2020 Cincinnati Police Department pursuit that began in the city and continued across the Ohio River into Northern Kentucky, CPD officers pursued a vehicle at speeds exceeding 100 mph, including across the Roebling Suspension Bridge and into oncoming traffic. The pursuit ended in Newport with two people dead and two others injured. Survivors later sued Cincinnati and the participating officers, alleging that the high-speed pursuit was reckless and unnecessary.
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Another Cincinnati police crash documented in 2017 involved a CPD cruiser that lost control on a curve and struck a civilian's vehicle. Cincinnati's own accident report stated that the police cruiser "failed to maintain control in a curve," but the city rejected the civilian driver's damage claim by asserting governmental immunity because the officer had been acting in the course of police duties. The incident was significant enough to become part of testimony before the Ohio legislature concerning governmental immunity for police crashes.
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Taken together, these incidents make Amir Jordan's lawsuit considerably more difficult to dismiss as an allegation concerning one isolated call-taker mistake. Cincinnati had experienced fatal or potentially fatal failures involving call classification, failure to dispatch help, failure to transmit critical information, location and CAD problems, and incomplete communication between 911 personnel and responders. City officials had implemented extensive reforms after Kyle Plush's death and continued tracking significant rates of protocol non-compliance afterward. Against that history, Amir's family's allegation is not merely that an employee pressed the wrong code on one evening; it is that city officials knew emergency-communications errors could determine how aggressively police vehicles moved through populated neighborhoods and nevertheless failed to prevent another consequential breakdown.
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ACCOUNTABILITY:
As of 08/19/2026, the allegations concerning ECC misclassification, supervisory failures and intentional concealment remain allegations contained in pending civil litigation and have not been adjudicated.
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There is nevertheless a documented discrepancy between the information originally presented publicly after Amir's death and the information contained in the dispatch chronology now cited by the lawsuit. Immediately after the crash, the incident was publicly described as an officer rushing to a reported shooting or person shot. The records cited by the lawsuit indicate that before Amir was killed, ECC personnel had already entered information that the caller had not been shot and that the woman accused of firing the gun was no longer at the scene.
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The family's attorneys contend that the officer who struck Amir was placed in an extraordinarily dangerous situation by that information failure and do not presently blame him for relying on the emergency classification transmitted by ECC. Their allegation is instead that Cincinnati's emergency-communications system created and unnecessarily prolonged the emergency driving conditions that led directly to the fatal collision.
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No reliable source located for this update establishes that the officer who struck Amir was criminally charged, administratively disciplined, or personally sued in connection with his death.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Cincinnati Police Department has not publicly identified the officer who was driving the marked police Ford Explorer that struck and killed Amir Jordan in the reliable sources located for this update. Because the officer has not been reliably identified, no individual officer disciplinary or prior-incident history can responsibly be attributed.
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ABOUT AMIR:
Amir had recently graduated from Dohn Community School in May 2024. His family described him as loving, independent and deeply interested in animals. He participated in the Cincinnati Zoo Academy program, practiced karate and helped mentor younger students. Contemporary family accounts described him as someone who naturally attracted people and frequently helped others.
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His grandmother Paula McClendon helped raise him and described Amir as her best friend. His father said Amir was his oldest son. Amir was only 19 and was traveling to see his father when he was killed.
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In August 2026, shortly before announcement of the wrongful-death lawsuit, Cincinnati designated the intersection of Chickering and Este avenues with the honorary name "Amir Jordan Way."

https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2026-08-19/lawsuit-alleges-problems-911-center-cpd-officer-hit-killed-teen-pedestrian-wrongful-death-ecc-cincinnati-police
https://www.fox19.com/2026/08/18/cpd-cruiser-crash-that-killed-high-school-grad-caused-by-reckless-911-dispatch-lawsuit-says/
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/lawsuit-alleges-cincinnati-911-failures-led-to-death-of-man-hit-killed-by-cpd-officer
https://www.wlwt.com/article/amir-jordan-family-lawsuit-crash-cruiser-911-call/73466867
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/there-should-be-safeguards-grandmother-of-19-year-old-amir-jordan-killed-after-cpd-officer-hit-him-with-cruiser-calls-for-change-in-protocol
https://www.fox19.com/2024/08/30/witness-says-changes-needed-street-where-police-cruiser-hit-killed-pedestrian/
https://www.fox19.com/2024/09/05/father-calls-change-after-son-is-struck-killed-by-cincinnati-police-cruiser/
https://local12.com/news/local/family-pedestrian-killed-never-expected-lose-young-man-amir-jordan-spring-grove-village-police-kill-hit-cruiser-officer-cincinnati-ohio-este-avenue-chickering-bus-stop-busy-street-crosswalks-sirens-tragic-incident-investigation
https://www.gofundme.com/f/amirs-funeral-arrangements
https://dayton247now.com/news/local/cincinnati-announces-honorary-street-name-man-hit-killed-while-crossing-street-chickering-avenue-este-honoring-honor-streets-spring-grove-village-intersection-amir-jordan

On 08/29/2024, at approximately 5:48 p.m., Brently Allen Tucker, 36, was killed when his Honda CBR600 motorcycle collided with another vehicle on Lexington Road at Woodgrove Drive in Athens while an Oglethorpe County sheriff’s deputy was pursuing him. The pursuit began in neighboring Oglethorpe County and continued across the county line into Athens-Clarke County.
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According to the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office, the encounter began on Smokey Road when a deputy encountered Tucker riding the motorcycle. The publicly available accounts reviewed for this update do not specify the particular traffic violation, warrant, crime or other reason the deputy initially attempted to stop Tucker.
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The deputy pursued Tucker from Oglethorpe County into Clarke County. Athens-Clarke County Police Department officials said their officers did not participate in the pursuit.
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Oglethorpe County Sheriff David Gabriel said the deputy terminated the pursuit shortly before the fatal collision. Gabriel said the deputy turned off his emergency lights and siren. According to Gabriel, Tucker was looking backward toward the deputy around that time.
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Tucker continued west on Lexington Road. Near Woodgrove Drive, an eastbound Honda Pilot was making a left turn when Tucker’s motorcycle struck the passenger side of the Pilot. Tucker died at the scene.
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The Georgia State Patrol Post 32 in Athens investigated the collision, with assistance from the agency’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team.
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Funeral announcements identified Tucker as Brently Allen Tucker and documented services for him in September 2024.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the deputy who pursued Tucker before the fatal crash.

https://nowhabersham.com/biker-crashes-and-dies-while-fleeing-from-deputies/
https://www.classiccitynews.com/post/police-chase-ends-with-fatal-crash-in-athens
https://www.wuga.org/local-news/2024-08-30/georgia-state-patrol-investigating-fatal-crash-in-athens

On 08/24/2024, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Kirk Walker Jr., 38, was killed in a head-on collision on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan while returning from a celebration with his cousin, Robert “Todd” McLaurin, 40. Walker was scheduled to marry his fiancée, Shauntea Weaver, the following day.
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The sequence leading to the fatal crash began when a Chevrolet Silverado driven by 17-year-old Jimmy Connors struck a vehicle associated with off-duty NYPD Officer Boubacar Barry near Dyckman Street. Barry then followed Connors in his personal vehicle. Later court filings specifically identified Barry and alleged that he pursued Connors at high speed rather than simply reporting the collision and allowing on-duty police to respond.
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Connors drove down an exit ramp, made a U-turn and began driving south in the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway. Barry continued following him. A later civil lawsuit alleges that both vehicles were traveling at excessive speeds and driving erratically against the flow of traffic during the pursuit.
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Near West 154th Street, Connors's pickup crashed head-on into the Dodge Challenger carrying Walker and McLaurin. Both men were killed. The pickup subsequently struck another vehicle and caught fire. Connors left the crash scene on foot.
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Connors was located the following day at the Canadian border and was eventually returned to New York. Prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting and other offenses arising from the crash. He pleaded not guilty.
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The role of off-duty Officer Barry became a significant issue after the crash. Contemporary reporting said the New York Attorney General's Office was examining whether Barry's pursuit contributed to the fatal collision.
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In July 2025, Walker's family filed a civil lawsuit naming Connors, Barry, New York City and the Manhattan nightclub where Connors had allegedly been drinking. The complaint alleges that Barry engaged in a high-speed wrong-way pursuit and that his conduct contributed directly to the crash that killed Walker. These remain allegations in civil litigation.
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Walker was a father of three. His family had gathered for what was supposed to be his wedding weekend, and the fatal crash occurred only hours before the planned wedding festivities. A family fundraiser established after the crash also included support for McLaurin's family.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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Boubacar Barry was the off-duty NYPD officer identified in subsequent litigation as pursuing Connors before the fatal wrong-way collision. Walker's family's lawsuit alleges that Barry's pursuit was reckless and contributed to Walker's death.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/wrong-way-nyc-driver-who-killed-groom-to-be-first-hit-off-duty-cop-police-sources/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/henry-hudson-parkway-wrong-way-crash/
https://www.longislandpress.com/2025/07/29/suit-jimmy-connors-syosset/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/driver-crash-killed-groom-eve-141900628.html
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-kirk-walker-and-robert-mclaurin-family-support

On 08/28/2024, at approximately 9:50 p.m., a 14-year-old boy died after a Pearland Police Department pursuit that began on Country Place Parkway and continued northbound onto State Highway 288. Police said the teenager had taken his mother's Nissan sedan in an attempt to run away from home.
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The specific initiating traffic violation was a red-light violation. A Pearland police officer saw the Nissan go around a stopped vehicle and run a red light at Country Place Parkway and Hughes Ranch Road. Family members were following the teenager in another vehicle and flagged down the officer, pointing toward the Nissan. The officer then attempted to stop the teenager and began pursuing him onto Highway 288.
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Approximately a mile and a half after the pursuit began, the teenager lost control of the Nissan on northbound Highway 288 near the Beltway 8 interchange and crashed into the center concrete barrier. He got out of the wrecked vehicle and ran west across the highway's northbound main lanes and HOV lane toward the southbound side. The pursuing officer lost sight of him as he ran across the freeway.
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Approximately five minutes later, Pearland dispatchers received a report that a pedestrian had been struck in the southbound lanes of Highway 288. Officers arrived and discovered that the pedestrian was the same 14-year-old they had been pursuing. A motorist had struck him while he attempted to cross the southbound lanes. The driver who struck him and other witnesses remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
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Pearland police officers performed CPR before an ambulance transported the teenager to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, where he was pronounced dead. The Pearland Police Department investigated the fatal incident under case number 24-007561.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Pearland Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who initiated and conducted the pursuit preceding the 14-year-old's death.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/pearland-crime-14-year-old-struck-killed-after-police-pursuit-highway-288
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/08/29/14-year-old-killed-after-chase-with-pearland-police/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/teen-killed-chase-fatality-crash-pearland-19730708.php
https://www.pearland.com/msg/pearland-police-report-person-hit.php?p=1794870

On 08/28/2024, at approximately 12:40 a.m., Chad Nicholson, 16, was killed when the stolen Hyundai Elantra in which he was a passenger crashed into another vehicle at East 6th Street and East Grand Avenue in downtown Des Moines while Iowa State Patrol troopers were pursuing it. Four other people were injured.
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The pursuit began after an Iowa State Patrol trooper attempted to stop the Hyundai because it had been reported stolen. The driver continued driving away while troopers pursued through Des Moines.
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During the pursuit, the Hyundai traveled west on East Grand Avenue toward the East Village. At East 6th Street, it collided with a northbound Chevrolet Malibu. The impact severely damaged both vehicles and brought the pursuit to an end.
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Nicholson was a passenger in the Hyundai and was pronounced dead after the collision. Three other people in the Hyundai were transported to hospitals with injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet Malibu was also hospitalized.
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The driver of the Malibu, Adan Farhan, later described seeing the Hyundai approaching at high speed immediately before it struck his car. Farhan suffered a fractured vertebra and other injuries. He said the crash left him unable to work while he recovered.
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Nicholson was a junior at East High School in Des Moines. Friends and family described him as energetic, funny and outgoing, with an interest in football and music. He played defensive back and wide receiver for the East High Scarlets football team.
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A fundraiser was established to assist Nicholson's family following his death.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Iowa State Patrol did not publicly identify the trooper or troopers who pursued the stolen Hyundai before the crash that killed Nicholson.

https://www.kcci.com/article/one-dead-from-des-moines-crash/61992088
https://www.weareiowa.com/article/traffic/one-dead-four-others-taken-to-the-hospital-after-crash-in-downtown-des-moines/524-dd86f22a-b0e7-47e5-bf0b-4b91134c6722
https://who13.com/news/authorities-release-name-of-teen-killed-in-downtown-des-moines-crash/
https://www.kcci.com/article/chad-nicholson-iowa-crash-family-friends-remember-des-moines-east-student/62021248
https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/stolen-car-driver-struck-healing-from-injuries-des-moines-wednesday-morning-crash-iowa-state-patrol-downtown-des-moines/524-96b31bd1-2500-4e93-9332-b46cca1ee81e
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-chads-family-in-their-time-of-loss

On 08/27/2024, at approximately 11:53 p.m., Noelia Gomez, 18, was struck and killed by a motorcycle on West Main Street near the University of Delaware campus. Gomez, a first-year University of Delaware student from Clark, New Jersey, was walking in a marked crosswalk after completing her first day of college classes.
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Less than one minute before Gomez was struck, a University of Delaware police officer attempted to stop the motorcycle on East Main Street just west of South Chapel Street. Police described the initiating reason as traffic offenses but did not publicly specify the particular violation in the reporting located for this update.
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Police identified the motorcyclist as Brian Briddle, 27. According to investigators, Briddle continued driving away after the officer activated emergency lights and accelerated westbound on East Main Street. The University of Delaware officer did not pursue Briddle and turned off the emergency lights after Briddle accelerated away.
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Within approximately one minute of the attempted stop, Briddle's motorcycle struck Gomez while she was in the crosswalk on West Main Street. The collision threw Briddle from the motorcycle. The motorcycle continued onto the sidewalk, where it struck four additional pedestrians and a light pole. Bystanders attempted lifesaving measures on Gomez, but she died at the scene. One other pedestrian was hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, while three others sustained minor injuries. Briddle was also hospitalized.
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Newark police arrested Briddle at his home on 08/29/2024. He was charged with second-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, disregarding a police officer's signal, operating a special vehicle without the required license, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and three counts of failing to stop at a red light.
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Gomez had recently graduated from Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and had begun her freshman year at the University of Delaware. She planned to study business and economics.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The University of Delaware Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who attempted to stop Briddle immediately before the fatal crash.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/university-of-delaware-student-killed-motorcycle-crash-newark/3954398/
https://patch.com/new-jersey/westfield/clark-woman-university-delaware-freshman-fatally-hit-motorcycle
https://www.fox29.com/news/motorcycle-driver-accused-fatally-striking-university-delaware-student-charged
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/motorcycle-crash-university-of-delaware-student-noelia-gomez-brian-briddle-charged/3956153/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/university-of-delaware-accident-crash-noelia-gomez-brian-briddle/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/udel-student-killed-noelia-gomez/
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/campus-resources-student-tragedy/

On 08/27/2024, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Susan I. Henderson, 67, of Norristown was killed in a head-on collision on Hecktown Road in Lower Nazareth Township during a high-speed pursuit by a Colonial Regional Police Department officer.
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The pursuit began over an expired Pennsylvania vehicle inspection sticker. A Colonial Regional police officer traveling in a marked patrol vehicle on Route 191 noticed the expired inspection sticker on a 2018 Mercedes-Benz driven by Daneiris Abreu, 27, of the Bronx. After the Mercedes turned onto Hecktown Road, the officer activated the patrol vehicle's emergency lights and siren and attempted to stop it.
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Abreu continued driving away while the officer pursued him on Hecktown Road. Court records showed that the pursuing officer reached approximately 80 mph before the Mercedes pulled farther ahead. The officer eventually lost sight of the Mercedes but continued traveling in the same direction.
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Near 4170 Hecktown Road, Abreu lost control of the Mercedes, crossed into the opposing lane and crashed head-on into Henderson's 2017 Kia Sportage. The pursuing officer arrived at the wreckage shortly afterward.
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Henderson was transported to St. Luke's Hospital-Anderson, where she was pronounced dead. The Northampton County Coroner determined that she died from multiple blunt-force injuries and classified the manner of death as homicide. Abreu's passenger suffered burns to his legs and other injuries and was admitted to intensive care.
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Police arrested Abreu and charged him with homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, fleeing or attempting to elude police, involuntary manslaughter and additional offenses. Court records indicated that Abreu was driving with a suspended license.
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Henderson was an aide for the Methacton School District, where she worked with special-needs students. She was a grandmother of seven and had taken the day off from work that morning to help with her youngest granddaughter's first day of kindergarten. She was reportedly on her way to pick up her granddaughter when she was killed.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Colonial Regional Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who initiated and conducted the high-speed pursuit preceding Henderson's death.

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/nazareth-northampton/deadly-hecktown-road-crash-occurred-during-high-speed-police-chase-state-police-say
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/lowerprovidence/montco-woman-popular-school-aide-killed-amidst-police-pursuit
https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/nazareth-northampton/67-year-old-woman-dies-in-head-on-crash-with-speeding-mercedes-state-police-say
https://6abc.com/post/susan-henderson-crash-death-methacton-school-daneiris-abreu/15245046/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/susan-henderson-nazareth-pa-fatal-crash/

On August 27, 2024, San Diego Police Department officers escalated a high-speed pursuit of a vehicle reportedly seen speeding. The pursuit reached high speeds before officers allegedly called off the chase moments before a catastrophic crash. The fleeing vehicle, driven by 16-year-old Edgar Giovanny Oviedo, collided with another vehicle near Doliva Drive and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Tragically, both Oviedo and San Diego officer Austin Machitar were killed in the crash. Despite police claims of calling off the pursuit, the crash resulted in a fatal outcome for both the juvenile driver and the officer. The San Diego Police Department is investigating the incident.
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2 deceased
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The crash remains under investigation, with the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office overseeing the case.
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Last update: 11/27/2024.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/clairemont-mesa-multi-car-crash-sdpd-vehicle/3607025/
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/two-killed-including-sdpd-officer-in-crash-after-high-speed-pursuit/
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/clairemont-crash-pursuit-suspect-identified/3608963/

On 08/27/2024, at approximately 12:42 a.m., Corbin Crick, 14, was killed when a pickup truck in which he was a passenger crashed outside Frankfort while a Frankfort Police Department officer was pursuing it.
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The encounter began when a Frankfort police officer attempted to stop the pickup in the area of State Road 28 and Jackson Street. Police reported that the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when the officer attempted the traffic stop.
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The driver continued driving away while the Frankfort officer pursued the truck westbound out of the city. The pursuit continued onto State Road 28 toward rural Clinton County.
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During the pursuit, the driver lost control of the pickup near County Road 200 West. The truck left the roadway and crashed into a utility pole before rolling multiple times.
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Corbin was a passenger in the pickup and was ejected during the crash. He died from his injuries. Another 14-year-old boy in the vehicle was critically injured and transported to an Indianapolis hospital.
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Indiana State Police assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash and the circumstances surrounding the Frankfort police pursuit.
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Corbin was born on 12/13/2009 in Frankfort and was a ninth-grade student at Clinton Central. He enjoyed playing football, fishing, video games, four-wheeling and spending time outdoors.
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The tragedy was compounded later the same day when Corbin's father, Brian K. Crick, 56, was found dead at his home after authorities went there to notify him of his son's death. Authorities subsequently said Brian Crick's death was not related to the crash that killed Corbin.
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Corbin and his father were buried following services held together on 08/31/2024. Corbin was survived by his sister, grandmother, aunts, uncle and extended family.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Frankfort Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who initiated and conducted the pursuit that preceded Corbin's death.

https://fox59.com/news/14-year-old-killed-another-teen-injured-in-crash-following-police-pursuit-in-frankfort/
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/person-dies-another-hurt-when-truck-crashes-during-police-pursuit/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/frankfort-police-pursuit-ends-in-fatal-crash-indiana-state-investigation/531-fce63b6c-05d5-4ca1-9b16-f457340dc1c8
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/14-year-old-dead-another-critically-injured-after-police-chase-in-clinton-county
https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/in/michigantown/corbin-crick-18528200
https://www.goodwinfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Corbin-Crick?obId=33861403
https://clintoncountydailynews.com/brian-k-crick/

On 08/27/2024, 17-month-old Mixalis Papalas-Schultz died at Children’s Mercy Hospital from injuries sustained two days earlier when the vehicle in which he was a passenger crashed during an Atchison County Sheriff’s Office pursuit south of Atchison.
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The incident began at approximately 5:30 p.m. on 08/25/2024, when Atchison police received a report that a vehicle had crashed into a wall in the 700 block of S Street and then left the scene. Police were told that the vehicle had lost its front bumper in the collision.
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Approximately 10 minutes later, an Atchison County sheriff’s deputy spotted a vehicle matching that description parked in the grass along Sherman Road south of the Atchison city limits, just north of 244th Road. The deputy passed the vehicle, turned around, activated the patrol vehicle’s emergency lights and pulled in behind it.
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The deputy approached the driver’s side and began speaking with the driver, identified as Maria Papalas, 28. According to the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, Papalas began rolling up the window and then drove away at high speed. The deputy did not realize that 17-month-old Mixalis was in the back seat.
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The deputy followed Papalas south on Sherman Road but lost sight of the Toyota Corolla. After traveling south of 242nd Road, the deputy saw a cloud of dust on the west side of Sherman Road and discovered that the Toyota had left the roadway, crossed a fence and crashed into trees after rolling multiple times.
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When the deputy reached the wrecked Toyota, Papalas was outside the vehicle and reaching through a window to remove Mixalis from the back seat. The deputy attempted to take Papalas into custody, and police alleged that she struck and kicked the deputy during the encounter. After taking her into custody, the deputy provided assistance to the critically injured child until Atchison County Rescue and EMS arrived.
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Mixalis was transported to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with life-threatening injuries. He remained hospitalized until approximately 2:25 p.m. on 08/27/2024, when he died from his injuries.
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Initial Kansas Highway Patrol reporting stated that Mixalis had been properly restrained in a child safety restraint during the crash. However, later court proceedings produced contrary evidence. At Papalas’s 2025 criminal case, evidence showed that Mixalis had not been properly restrained in a car seat when the crash occurred.
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Papalas was initially charged with first-degree murder committed during the commission of a felony, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, aggravated child endangerment, interference with law enforcement, battery on a law-enforcement officer, driving under the influence, marijuana possession and reckless driving.
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In May 2025, Papalas pleaded no contest under a plea agreement to amended charges of second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated endangering a child. The remaining charges were dismissed.
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On 06/24/2025, an Atchison County District Court judge sentenced Papalas to a total of 303 months in prison, or 25 years and three months, for second-degree murder and the two aggravated child-endangerment convictions.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Atchison County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the deputy who initiated the pursuit preceding the crash that ultimately killed Mixalis.

https://hayspost.com/posts/5a96b362-23b7-425c-a556-0850fce680ca
https://fox4kc.com/news/1-year-old-boy-killed-in-police-chase-crash-in-atchison-kansas/
https://www.mscnews.net/news/?nk=78128
https://www.kmbc.com/article/atchison-kansas-woman-charged-with-murder-in-chase-that-killed-1-year-old/61999629
https://www.wibw.com/2024/08/26/child-seriously-injured-crash-during-atchison-county-police-chase/
https://www.newspressnow.com/public-safety/2024/08/29/atchison-mother-charged-after-1-year-old-dies-following-police-pursuit/
https://www.wibw.com/2024/08/29/woman-jailed-after-child-dies-injuries-sunday-crash-during-police-chase-near-atchison/
https://mscnews.net/local-news/814408/atchison-woman-sentenced-on-charges-in-fatal-crash
https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-woman-sentenced-child-killed-police-chase/65175835

On 08/26/2024, the Florida Highway Patrol became involved after the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance locating a man wanted in connection with the armed carjacking of an Uber driver near Dade City. FHP troopers located the vehicle traveling north toward Levy County. Levy County Sheriff’s Office reporting stated that troopers attempted to stop the 39-year-old Latino driver while he was traveling through Crystal River on U.S. Highway 19 and that he continued driving north while police pursued. Levy County deputies joined the pursuit when the vehicle entered Levy County.
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Levy County deputies deployed Stop Sticks on U.S. 19 in the Lebanon Station area, but the driver avoided them. FHP later identified Troopers Justin Gitto, Michael McKinstry and Sergio Pearce as the troopers directly involved in the pursuit. According to FHP, Gitto performed a PIT maneuver against the vehicle, but the driver regained control and continued north.
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FHP alleged that the driver then fired multiple shots toward Gitto's patrol vehicle and that gunfire struck the patrol car. Gitto fired through the windshield of his moving patrol vehicle toward the pursued vehicle. After briefly assessing himself following the gunfire, Gitto resumed the pursuit.
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McKinstry and Pearce moved to the front of the pursuit. Levy County deputies made a second attempt to deploy Stop Sticks in Otter Creek, which the driver also avoided. Police alleged that the driver continued firing toward pursuing troopers as vehicles traveled north on U.S. 19. The pursuit reached speeds of approximately 120 mph.
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FHP reported that McKinstry intentionally struck the pursued vehicle in another effort to stop it, but the driver maintained control and continued. Gitto subsequently moved back to the front of the pursuit. According to FHP, the driver then began traveling on the wrong side of the divided highway toward oncoming traffic.
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FHP stated that Gitto again fired his weapon at the vehicle while both vehicles were moving. Shortly afterward, the pursued vehicle left U.S. 19 near County Road 347, overturned and came to rest along the wooded roadside approximately five miles south of Chiefland. The driver died at the scene. Initial law-enforcement reporting attributed his death to injuries from the crash.
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The later FHP account substantially expanded the original public description of the encounter. The initial Levy County release disclosed two unsuccessful Stop Stick deployments, speeds reaching approximately 120 mph and an exchange of gunfire, but did not disclose that Gitto had performed a PIT maneuver, that McKinstry intentionally struck the vehicle, that the driver traveled wrong-way into opposing traffic, or that Gitto fired at the vehicle shortly before it left the roadway and overturned.
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Because police discharged firearms during the pursuit, the Florida Highway Patrol and Levy County Sheriff’s Office asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to assist with the investigation. The day after the death, FHP initially told a reporter that it had no record of responding to a Levy County fatality on August 26. FHP subsequently acknowledged the records request, referred it to Troop B, and stated that the requested records were part of an active criminal investigation and temporarily exempt from disclosure.
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FHP subsequently selected Gitto, McKinstry and Pearce as its co-recipients of the August 2024 Trooper of the Month award for their actions during this pursuit. FHP also awarded Gitto its Medal of Valor for the encounter. The agency's award narrative provided the more detailed account of the two vehicle-contact attempts, Gitto firing through his windshield, the wrong-way driving and Gitto's additional gunfire shortly before the fatal rollover.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Trooper Sergio Pearce was previously disciplined by the Florida Highway Patrol in connection with the Donna Watts records-access controversy. According to allegations in Watts' federal civil-rights lawsuit that incorporated the results of FHP's internal investigation, Pearce accessed Watts' driver's-license information three times on October 29, 2011 without an official law-enforcement purpose. FHP determined that the accesses lacked an official purpose and issued Pearce a written reprimand. Watts was the FHP trooper who became the subject of widespread unauthorized database searches by law-enforcement personnel after she arrested an off-duty Miami police officer for reckless driving.

https://levyso.com/pursuit-on-us-19-ends-in-fatality/
https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/crime/high-speed-pursuit-in-levy-county-ends-with-fatal-crash
https://352today.com/news/257752-chase-involving-levy-county-deputies-ends-in-fatal-wreck/
https://www.wcjb.com/2024/08/27/carjacking-suspect-dies-high-speed-chase-levy-county/
https://www.flhsmv.gov/florida-highway-patrol/member-recognition/trooper-of-the-month/2024-trooper-of-the-month/
https://www.flhsmv.gov/florida-highway-patrol/member-recognition/medal-of-valor-award/trooper-justin-gitto/
https://www.flhsmv.gov/florida-highway-patrol/member-recognition/silver-star-award/troopers-michael-mckinstry-and-sergio-pearce/
https://hardisoninkarchive.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/8-27-24-gunfire-reportedly-exchanged-in-vehicle-chase.pdf
https://fightgangstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/donna-watts-complaint.pdf

On 08/24/2024, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Robert “Todd” McLaurin, 40, was killed alongside his cousin Kirk Walker Jr., 38, in a head-on collision on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan. McLaurin had traveled from North Carolina with family to celebrate Walker's wedding, which was scheduled for the following day.
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The sequence leading to the crash began when a Chevrolet Silverado driven by 17-year-old Jimmy Connors struck a vehicle associated with off-duty NYPD Officer Boubacar Barry near Dyckman Street. Barry then followed Connors in his personal vehicle. Subsequent litigation alleges that Barry pursued Connors at high speed rather than simply reporting the collision and allowing on-duty police to respond.
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Connors drove down an exit ramp, made a U-turn and began traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway. Barry continued following him. A later lawsuit alleges that the two vehicles were traveling at excessive speeds and driving erratically against traffic during the pursuit.
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Near West 154th Street, Connors's pickup crashed head-on into the Dodge Challenger carrying McLaurin and Walker. Both men were killed. Connors subsequently left the crash scene on foot and was located the following day at the Canadian border.
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Prosecutors later charged Connors with second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting and other offenses. He pleaded not guilty.
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The New York Attorney General's Office examined whether Barry's pursuit contributed to the fatal collision. Walker's family subsequently filed civil litigation alleging that Barry's high-speed wrong-way pursuit contributed directly to the crash.
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McLaurin was born on 09/25/1983 and lived in North Carolina. He was the father of two sons, Kaleb and Josiah McLaurin, and was survived by his parents, Dwight and Betty McLaurin, and his sister, Tonja McLaurin. His funeral was held on 09/02/2024 at Western Assembly Disciple of Christ Church in Newton Grove, North Carolina.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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Boubacar Barry was the off-duty NYPD officer identified in subsequent litigation as pursuing Connors before the fatal wrong-way collision. The civil lawsuit alleges that Barry's pursuit was reckless and contributed to the deaths of Walker and McLaurin.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/wrong-way-nyc-driver-who-killed-groom-to-be-first-hit-off-duty-cop-police-sources/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/henry-hudson-parkway-wrong-way-crash/
https://www.longislandpress.com/2025/07/29/suit-jimmy-connors-syosset/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/driver-crash-killed-groom-eve-141900628.html
https://www.butlerandson.com/obituary/Robert-McLaurin
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-kirk-walker-and-robert-mclaurin-family-support
 

On 08/22/2024, Tanner Smith, 36, was killed while riding as a passenger in a Nissan Altima that Elyria police pursued through Elyria. An Elyria officer reported seeing what the officer believed was a hand-to-hand drug transaction on Erie Street at approximately 3:15 p.m. and attempted to stop the Nissan. Dash-camera video later released by police showed the Nissan continuing away as police pursued it toward State Route 57.
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Police reported that the Nissan accelerated north on State Route 57, passed traffic using the shoulder and continued through a red traffic signal at Midway Boulevard. Dispatch recordings captured an officer estimating the Nissan's speed at approximately 60 mph while the pursuit continued.
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Seconds later, at approximately 3:22 p.m., the Nissan continued through another red light at State Route 57 and Griswold Road and collided with a Toyota Corolla that was turning onto Griswold Road. Smith and fellow passenger Meghan Incorvaia, 36, were killed at the scene. The Nissan's driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center. The 48-year-old driver of the Corolla suffered serious injuries.
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Smith's mother, Brenda Smith, publicly questioned the Elyria Police Department's decision to continue the pursuit as speeds increased and the Nissan moved around other traffic. She said her son had struggled with addiction and questioned why police continued a pursuit that endangered people over an alleged drug transaction.
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The Nissan's driver later pleaded guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to multiple charges arising from the pursuit and fatal crash. In July 2025, a judge sentenced him to 24 to 28 years in prison.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The involved Elyria police officers have not been publicly identified.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/2-dead-2-injured-in-elyria-crash-thursday-afternoon
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/family-of-man-killed-questions-elyria-police-pursuit
https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/08/23/man-woman-killed-elyria-2-car-crash/
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/07/15/driver-sentenced-killing-2-people-elyria-crash/
https://chroniclet.com/news/436847/lorain-man-who-killed-2-in-2024-chase-and-crash-gets-24-to-28-years-in-prison-video/

On 08/22/2024, Meghan Incorvaia, 36, was killed while riding as a passenger in a Nissan Altima that Elyria police pursued through Elyria. An Elyria officer reported seeing what the officer believed was a hand-to-hand drug transaction on Erie Street at approximately 3:15 p.m. and attempted to stop the Nissan. Dash-camera video later released by police showed the Nissan continuing away as police pursued it toward State Route 57.
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Police reported that the Nissan accelerated north on State Route 57, passed traffic using the shoulder and continued through a red traffic signal at Midway Boulevard. Dispatch recordings captured an officer estimating the Nissan's speed at approximately 60 mph while the pursuit continued.
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Seconds later, at approximately 3:22 p.m., the Nissan continued through another red light at State Route 57 and Griswold Road and collided with a Toyota Corolla that was turning onto Griswold Road. Incorvaia and fellow passenger Tanner Smith, 36, were killed at the scene. The Nissan's driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center. The 48-year-old driver of the Corolla suffered serious injuries.
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Incorvaia was the mother of three children. Her obituary confirmed that she died on August 22 as a result of the crash.
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The Nissan's driver later pleaded guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to multiple charges arising from the pursuit and fatal crash. In July 2025, a judge sentenced him to 24 to 28 years in prison.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The involved Elyria police officers have not been publicly identified.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/2-dead-2-injured-in-elyria-crash-thursday-afternoon
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/family-of-man-killed-questions-elyria-police-pursuit
https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/08/23/man-woman-killed-elyria-2-car-crash/
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/07/15/driver-sentenced-killing-2-people-elyria-crash/
https://chroniclet.com/news/436847/lorain-man-who-killed-2-in-2024-chase-and-crash-gets-24-to-28-years-in-prison-video/

On 08/22/2024, Alexander Komthongpane, 33, was killed when his vehicle crashed into a tree in west Charlotte while North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers pursued him.
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The pursuit began when a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop Komthongpane specifically for speeding and a seatbelt violation. Komthongpane continued driving away after the trooper attempted the traffic stop, and the State Highway Patrol pursued him.
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During the pursuit, Komthongpane lost control of his vehicle near Freedom Drive and Fred D. Alexander Boulevard. The vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire.
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Troopers pulled Komthongpane from the burning vehicle and attempted lifesaving measures, including CPR, but he died at the scene.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department subsequently identified Komthongpane as the person police alleged had stolen wheels and tires from vehicles parked at Charlotte Douglas International Airport between 08/18/2024 and 08/20/2024. Police had investigated three BMW sedans found with wheels and tires removed along Old Dowd Road and Josh Birmingham Parkway.
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CMPD alleged that wheels found on Komthongpane's vehicle after the fatal pursuit had been stolen from the BMWs at the airport. Police also said Komthongpane had previously come to their attention in investigations involving catalytic-converter thefts and other motor-vehicle-related larcenies. These allegations were announced after his death and were separate from the reason State Highway Patrol initially attempted to stop him on 08/22/2024.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol did not publicly identify the trooper or troopers involved in the pursuit that preceded Komthongpane's fatal crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkNvdRdNi3Echarlott
https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2024/08/29/man-killed-in-car-crash-wanted-for-stealing-tires-at-airport/
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/cmpd-man-accused-stealing-tires-off-cars-clt-is-driver-who-died-chase/ZZC2OPILC5HKZCMR6BYYXKST4U/

On 08/22/2024, Brian Lavon Battle, 29, was killed while standing with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers on the shoulder of I-485 near Mount Holly Road. Shortly after 8:15 a.m., Battle reported a stolen vehicle and officers responded to investigate the vehicle on the interstate shoulder.
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At approximately 10:15 a.m., while officers were still investigating, an uninvolved motorhome traveling on I-485 left its travel path and struck two CMPD patrol vehicles and Battle. One patrol vehicle and the motorhome went down an embankment. Battle was pronounced dead at the scene. One officer was pinned inside a patrol vehicle and was transported to a hospital, while a second officer and the motorhome driver were also hospitalized.
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CMPD identified the motorhome driver as Robert Erwin Reiser, 80. Following further investigation by CMPD's Major Crash Investigation Unit, Reiser was charged on 10/10/2024 with misdemeanor death by vehicle and misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury in connection with the crash that killed Battle and injured an officer.
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The fatal crash was investigated by CMPD's Major Crash Investigation Unit with assistance from the department's DWI Task Force, Motor Unit and Crime Scene Search. The case was assigned report number 20240822-1015-05, while the original stolen-vehicle call was documented under report number 20240822-0817-02.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The involved officers have not been publicly identified.

https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/Two-Officers-Injured-Civilian-Killed-in-Crash-8-22-2024
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/08/22/one-dead-and-two-injured--including-officer--officials-say
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdethaEl4g

On 08/22/2024, Thomas Chase, 92, was killed in Brighton when his vehicle was struck by a stolen Kia that Rochester police were pursuing. The incident began at approximately 3:30 p.m. when Rochester police responded to a ShotSpotter activation reporting multiple gunshots near Maria and Bernard streets.
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Police located a man near the scene and alleged that he discarded a loaded 9mm handgun and ran toward Friedrich Park. He entered another stolen Kia containing two other people. Police said the Kia then backed toward an officer before driving away, and Rochester police began pursuing it.
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The pursuit continued from Rochester into Brighton for approximately eight minutes. Police reported that the Kia reached speeds exceeding 100 mph. As it traveled south on East Avenue, Chase was driving his own vehicle and attempting to turn left from East Avenue onto Elmwood Avenue. The Kia struck Chase's vehicle at the intersection. Chase died at the scene. The three people in the Kia were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Rochester Police Chief David Smith said an initial review of the pursuit found no violation of the department's pursuit policy. Body-camera footage reviewed by the department showed an officer bracing for impact when the Kia allegedly backed toward the officer shortly before the pursuit began.
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Chase was a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and an accomplished pianist who remained active in the community. He was returning from playing piano at a Brighton nursing home when he was killed.
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Criminal proceedings continued into 2025. The driver ultimately pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced in October 2025 to 25 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. Another person in the Kia pleaded guilty to assault and received a 10-year prison sentence.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Rochester police officers involved in the pursuit have not been publicly identified.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/08/23/rochester-police-chase-ends-with-deadly-crash-in-brighton-ny/74911854007/
https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2024-08-24/rpd-releases-more-info-about-crash-that-ended-with-the-death-of-a-92-year-old-man-in-brighton
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2024/08/23/stolen-car-chase-across-rochester-leaves-one-killed-and-three-injured
https://www.whec.com/local/teen-driver-in-deadly-stolen-car-crash-was-arrested-12-times-last-year-for-smash-and-grabs/
https://www.whec.com/top-news/brothers-sentenced-in-brighton-stolen-car-crash-that-killed-92-year-old/
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8GuBOBOPw

On 08/21/2024, Zachary Johnson, 32, died in the Tennessee River after an approximately hour-long police pursuit that began in Chester County and continued through McNairy County into Hardin County. At approximately 9:15 a.m., a Chester County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop Johnson near Henderson after observing his vehicle allegedly being driven recklessly. Johnson continued driving while the deputy pursued.
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According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Johnson briefly stopped during the pursuit and allegedly pointed a weapon at Chester County deputies. Deputies fired their weapons at Johnson. TBI alleged that Johnson then drove away and subsequently fired from his vehicle in the direction of pursuing law enforcement. Multiple agencies joined the pursuit as it crossed from Chester County through McNairy County and into Hardin County.
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At approximately 10:15 a.m., Johnson drove down the Saltillo Boat Ramp and entered the Tennessee River. Law-enforcement officers followed him into the water in an attempt to take him into custody. TBI alleged that Johnson again displayed a weapon while in the river and did not comply with officers’ commands. Johnson then went underwater and did not resurface.
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Authorities conducted an extensive search of the Tennessee River using boats and a helicopter. Johnson’s body was recovered from the river several hours later and transported to Nashville for autopsy. Contemporary local reporting described the death as an apparent drowning.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigated the shootings and circumstances surrounding Johnson’s death at the request of 26th Judicial District Attorney General Jody Pickens. The investigation included evidence collection and interviews and was to be submitted to the district attorney for review.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The involved law-enforcement officers have not been publicly identified.

https://wreg.com/news/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-tn/
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/08/22/investigation-continues-following-cross-county-pursuit-that-left-one-dead/
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/08/21/suspect-dead-after-police-pursuit-ends-at-tennessee-river/
https://tbinewsroom.com/2024/08/21/tbi-agents-investigating-chester-county-officer-involved-shooting/
https://www.wsmv.com/2024/08/21/police-pursuit-ends-with-suspects-vehicle-tennessee-river/

On 08/21/2024, Damon Chambers, 25, was killed after crashing his motorcycle while Converse police pursued him from Converse into Schertz. Police reported that Chambers was riding recklessly and traveling at speeds exceeding 100 mph before the fatal crash.
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According to police, Chambers traveled along FM 78 and then turned north onto Schertz Parkway while continuing away from Converse officers at high speed. The pursuit crossed into Schertz.
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At approximately 12:35 p.m., Chambers reached the intersection of Schertz Parkway and Elbel Road and collided with another vehicle. Schertz police said Converse officers had not yet reached the intersection when the collision occurred.
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Chambers suffered critical injuries and was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he died. The other driver was not reported to have suffered serious injuries.
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Schertz police investigated the fatal crash with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety Accident Reconstruction Team. Chambers was publicly identified two days after the crash.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Converse police officers involved in the pursuit have not been publicly identified.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/motorcyclist-identified-after-fatal-crash-during-police-chase-san-antonio-schertz-rider-intersection
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/08/21/motorcyclist-dies-in-collision-after-speeding-away-from-converse-police-officials-say/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/schertz-crash-fatality-motorcycle-police-19716495.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/schertz-crash-damon-chambers-identified-19720634.php

On 08/21/2024, Zamiyah Elivo, 10, and her mother, Karisma Elivo-Stevens, 29, were killed when their Dodge Grand Caravan was struck by a Kia K5 whose driver had driven away from a Delaware State Police traffic stop approximately 12 minutes earlier.
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At approximately 11:08 p.m., a Delaware state trooper stopped the Kia in the 100 block of South Dupont Highway. The Kia's driver drove away from the traffic stop. Delaware State Police stated that the trooper lost sight of the Kia shortly afterward and that police did not actively pursue it.
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Delaware State Police did not disclose in its public releases the reason the trooper initially stopped the Kia.
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At approximately 11:20 p.m., Zamiyah was riding with her mother and four sisters in their minivan on eastbound Christiana Road at Airport Road. Her mother entered the intersection to turn left after receiving a green signal. Police said the Kia approached from the opposite direction at high speed, went through a red light and struck the passenger side of the family's minivan.
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The impact caused the minivan to spin and roll over. Zamiyah and her mother were pronounced dead at the scene. Zamiyah's four sisters, ages 8, 5, 3 and 1, were hospitalized with injuries. The Kia subsequently crossed a concrete median and struck a Hyundai Tucson, seriously injuring its driver.
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The Kia's driver was arrested after receiving hospital treatment and charged with two counts of second-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, disregarding a police officer signal and failure to stop at a red light.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Delaware state trooper who conducted the traffic stop has not been publicly identified.

https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/23/update-victims-identified-and-suspect-arrested-state-police-investigating-three-vehicle-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/22/state-police-investigating-three-vehicle-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://hoodline.com/2024/08/wilmington-man-charged-with-second-degree-murder-following-fatal-three-vehicle-crash-in-new-castle/
https://www.fox29.com/news/shocking-new-details-emerge-new-castle-county-crash-killed-mother-daughter
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-charged-in-crash-that-killed-mother-and-daughter-in-delaware/3950999/
https://www.fox29.com/news/child-woman-killed-6-others-injured-delaware-crash-caught-surveillance-video
https://firststateupdate.com/2024/08/troopers-update-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://firststateupdate.com/2024/08/man-charged-with-murder-in-new-castle/

On 08/21/2024, Karisma Elivo-Stevens, 29, and her 10-year-old daughter, Zamiyah Elivo, were killed when their Dodge Grand Caravan was struck by a Kia K5 whose driver had driven away from a Delaware State Police traffic stop approximately 12 minutes earlier.
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At approximately 11:08 p.m., a Delaware state trooper stopped the Kia in the 100 block of South Dupont Highway. The Kia's driver drove away from the traffic stop. Delaware State Police stated that the trooper lost sight of the Kia shortly afterward and that police did not actively pursue it.
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Delaware State Police did not disclose in its public releases the reason the trooper initially stopped the Kia.
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At approximately 11:20 p.m., Karisma was stopped at a traffic light on eastbound Christiana Road at Airport Road with her five daughters in the minivan. When the traffic signal permitted her to turn left onto Airport Road, she entered the intersection. Police said the Kia approached westbound at high speed, went through a red light and struck the passenger side of Karisma's minivan.
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The impact caused the minivan to spin and roll over. Karisma and Zamiyah were pronounced dead at the scene. Karisma's four other daughters, ages 8, 5, 3 and 1, were hospitalized with injuries. The Kia subsequently crossed a concrete median and struck a Hyundai Tucson, seriously injuring its driver.
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The Kia's driver was arrested after receiving hospital treatment and charged with two counts of second-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, disregarding a police officer signal and failure to stop at a red light.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Delaware state trooper who conducted the traffic stop has not been publicly identified.

https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/23/update-victims-identified-and-suspect-arrested-state-police-investigating-three-vehicle-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/22/state-police-investigating-three-vehicle-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://hoodline.com/2024/08/wilmington-man-charged-with-second-degree-murder-following-fatal-three-vehicle-crash-in-new-castle/
https://www.fox29.com/news/shocking-new-details-emerge-new-castle-county-crash-killed-mother-daughter
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-charged-in-crash-that-killed-mother-and-daughter-in-delaware/3950999/
https://www.fox29.com/news/child-woman-killed-6-others-injured-delaware-crash-caught-surveillance-video
https://firststateupdate.com/2024/08/troopers-update-fatal-crash-in-new-castle/
https://firststateupdate.com/2024/08/man-charged-with-murder-in-new-castle-fatal-crash/

On 08/21/2024, shortly after midnight, Oskar Hernandez Martinez Jr., 20, was killed when his black 2000 Ford Mustang crashed off North Division Street in Harvard after a Harvard police officer attempted to stop the vehicle. Hernandez Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene. The McHenry County Coroner later determined that he died from blunt-force trauma.
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The encounter began at approximately 12:02 a.m. when a Harvard police officer saw a dark-colored sedan disobey a stop sign at South Park Avenue and South Division Street, also known as U.S. Route 14. Police reported that the same vehicle then continued northbound, disregarded a traffic signal at Brink Street/Route 173 and rapidly accelerated. The officer, who had been traveling southbound, turned around and attempted to stop the vehicle.
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The officer briefly lost sight of the vehicle as it crossed the North Division Street viaduct over the railroad tracks and then completely lost visual contact near North Division Street and Diggins Street. Continuing north, the officer stopped another dark-colored sedan at North Division Street and Crowley Road but determined after speaking with its driver that it was not the vehicle the officer had originally attempted to stop.
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Two additional Harvard police officers responding as backup drove north on Division Street and struck a low-hanging braided metal utility guy wire in the 1500 block. Both police vehicles were damaged. Police subsequently determined that the wire had fallen across the roadway after Hernandez Martinez's Mustang struck and broke a utility pole.
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Police searched the area and discovered Hernandez Martinez's Mustang approximately 100 feet off the roadway in a heavily wooded area. He was the vehicle's sole occupant and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Harvard Fire Protection District.
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The McHenry County Coroner's Office identified Hernandez Martinez several days later. An autopsy determined that his cause of death was blunt-force trauma. The Major Crash Assistance Team investigated the crash, and Harvard police requested an outside review by the McHenry County Sheriff's Office under the Illinois Police and Community Relations Improvement Act.
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Hernandez Martinez was born in Harvard. His obituary described him as someone who loved football, cooking and driving his Mustang and said that family was particularly important to him. He enjoyed being a big brother and spending time with his girlfriend and was remembered by his family as generous, kind and loyal.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Harvard Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who attempted to stop Hernandez Martinez before the fatal crash.

https://www.cityofharvard.org/media/23216
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/08/27/men-who-died-in-crystal-lake-car-fire-and-harvard-crash-are-idd-by-coroner/
https://patch.com/illinois/algonquin/coroner-ids-harvard-man-20-killed-crash