Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Rory Geiger
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/28/2024
Location : 143rd Street and Meadows Parkway
City : Omaha
County : Sarpy
State : Nebraska
Agency : Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha Police were called to a domestic violence event. The husband shot his wife, Rebecca Geiger, and was shot and killed by officers.
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Steven Phipps Jr.
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/28/2024
Location : 31st and Taylor
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD traffic-stopped Steven Phipps and allege that he got out of the vehicle, did not cooperate, climbed over a fence and fled with a gun. Police allegedly shot him in his back and killed him. It is unknown why police shot a fleeing man.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-police-identify-council-bluffs-man-killed-crash/62453721
Edited video and photos:
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-police-body-camera-audio-screenshots-officer-deadly-shooting/62489168
Carsyn Storm
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/01/2024
Location : I-680 and Pacific Street
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Nebraska State Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Motorcyclist killed in police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/video/2024/09/01/motorcycle-rider-dies-after-fleeing-omaha-traffic-stop-2/
Cameron Ford
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 08/28/2024
Location : 6423 North 78th Street
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police arrived on 78th and Reddick Avenue to arrest a 37-year-old man for narcotics and weapons warrants. Police shot and killed Ford the moment they saw each other on BWC. He had been unarmed when killed.
Omaha PD ordered all SWAT team members to wear helmets with BWC cameras several days after his death.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2024/08/28/omaha-police-respond-officer-involved-incident-house/
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-police-body-camera-audio-screenshots-deadly-shooting/62028053
William Coleman
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 05/28/2024
Location : 36th and Grand Avenue
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
William Coleman was wanted for the previous shooting death of 34-year-old Jessica Haley in an apartment complex. Police surrounded the apartment and bore down on him, demanding his surrender for some time until a gunshot was heard of him committing suicide under police duress.
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Linden Marion Travis Long
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/08/2024
Location : 300 block of Platte River Road
City : Gothenburg
County : Dawson
State : Nebraska
Agency : Dawson County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police in Dawson County made a high-risk traffic stop on Linden Long, chased him and he committed suicide under police duress.
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Mali Miller
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/03/2024
Location : Interstate 80
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police followed a “shots fired” call to a residence and began chasing a vehicle they felt was responsible. Police escalated a chase on the interstate and chased the vehicle until it crashed into a tree, rolled over, a woman driver was ejected and died.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-woman-dies-interstate-pursuit-police-officers/60382324
https://www.wowt.com/video/2024/04/04/traffic-stop-leads-fatal-crash-omaha/
Adrian Muniz
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/29/2024
Location : Highways 385 and 20
City : Chadron
County : Dawes
State : Nebraska
Agency : Chadron Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation of stolen vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chadron PD shot and killed a man in a vehicle believed to be stolen.
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Chase Anthony Vane Ditter
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/06/2024
Location : 38th Street
City : Columbus
County : Platte
State : Nebraska
Agency : Platte County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Jae Maston, Wesley Merren
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were called to a welfare check with reports of possible self-harm by a 17-year-old. Police arrived at the residence and shot and killed the teenager. It is unknown what transpired that led to this outcome.
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Fernando Rodriguez Juarez 2 of 2
Age :26
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 02/03/2024
Location : 32nd and L
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by 2 off-duty moonlighting officers for “disturbance”
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Two off-duty officers were working security when they said a “disturbance” broke out over a gun when the off-duty police shot and killed 26-year-old Fernando Rodriguez Juarez and 28-year-old Jonathan Hernandez by firing into a moving vehicle, killing them both. It is unclear whether either of them had represented a danger to police or bystanders. The officers were cleared by the police chief.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTaH3Zfr2v8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.wowt.com/2024/02/08/omaha-police-officers-involved-deadly-shooting-wont-be-charged/
Jonathan Hernandez 1 of 2
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 02/03/2024
Location : 32nd and L
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Jay Leavitt, Robert Soldo
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by 2 off-duty moonlighting officers for “disturbance”
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Two off-duty officers were working security when they said a “disturbance” broke out over a gun when the off-duty police shot and killed 26-year-old Fernando Rodriguez Juarez and 28-year-old Jonathan Hernandez by firing into a moving vehicle, killing them both. It is unclear whether either of them had represented a danger to police or bystanders. The officers were cleared by the police chief.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTaH3Zfr2v8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.wowt.com/2024/02/08/omaha-police-officers-involved-deadly-shooting-wont-be-charged/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/28/2024
Location : 2500 block of E 34th Blvd
City : Fremont
County : Dodge
State : Nebraska
Agency : Dodge County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dodge County deputies were allegedly conducting an undisclosed investigation and tried to contact a man in a residence in the 2500 block of East 34th Boulevard in Fremont. The man refused to speak with police who advanced to hear him firing a shot upstairs, having committed suicide under police duress. Police never explained the fatal incident.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://statepatrol.nebraska.gov/nsp-investigating-death-dodge-county
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/23/2024
Location : 200 block of 4th St
City : David City
County : Butler
State : Nebraska
Agency : David City Police Department, Butler County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
David City PD and Butler County deputies from a Fugitive Task Force went to the 200th block of David City to arrest a man who allegedly pointed a gun and was shot and killed. The man did not shoot anyone
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.darnews.com/story/3045088.html
https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2024/01/24/nebraska-state-patrol-investigating-death-david-city/
Rashad Harris
Age :38
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/22/2023
Location : Blackstone District
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Bellevue PD, Douglas County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police hunted Rashad Harris by multiple police vehicles and a helicopter from Bellevue through Council Bluffs and into Omaha until the man committed suicide under police duress. No more information was given so far.
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Tyler M. Persons
Age :29
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/18/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Ashland
County : Saunders
State : Nebraska
Agency : Saunders County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Saunders County deputies chased Tyler M. Persons until he crashed into a tree and died. Police did not disclose why they undertook the fatal chase.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.klkntv.com/pursuit-in-saunders-county-ends-in-fatality/
Andrew Clinton Chase
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/01/2023
Location : Allen
City : Norfolk
County : Dixon
State : Nebraska
Agency : Nebraska State Police, Dixon County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Nebraska State Police and Dixon County deputies went to the home of Andrew Chase in Allen to arrest him for unknown warrants. They saw him walking around and hiding with a long gun and called SWAT. Police later found him dead from suicide under police duress during the SWAT siege.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2023/11/01/wanted-man-dies-by-suicide-after-standoff-northeast-nebraska/
Jaz Dean Allmer
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/26/2023
Location : County Rd 17+Experiment Farm Rd
City : Mitchell
County : Scotts Bluff
State : Nebraska
Agency : Morrill Police Department, Gering Police Department, Scottsbluff Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Several law enforcement agencies chased a sex offender, placed spike strips, which forced him to stop and run into an open field. Police chased the man and allege that he fired shots at them. Police held back and sent a drone which showed him lying dead in a field, allegedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Jorge Luis Santana-Ramirez
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/24/2023
Location : I-80
City : Lancaster
County : Seward
State : Nebraska
Agency : Seward County SO
Officer(s) : Anthony Gann
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Seward County Sheriff’s Office said deputies tried to traffic-stop a vehicle heading west on I-80 at 3:11 p.m., but the driver turned around and drove the wrong way on the interstate. SCSO said the vehicle crossed over into the eastbound lanes near the Milford exit and continued on I-80. Deputies apparently followed him head-on in the wrong direction at high speeds until it came to a stop on I-80 near the Pleasant Dale exit. According to deputies, the passenger exited the vehicle but the driver reportedly refused. Deputies claim they saw an unspecified weapon in his hand and shot and killed the man. No video or eyewitnesses can be located so far.
Officer Anthony Gann was charged with manslaughter in April of 2024 and was arrested with trial pending.
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Matthew X. Johnson
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/11/2023
Location : 101st+Pacific
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha PD
Officer(s) : Brian Diminico, Benjamin Hoffman, Tyler Boyer
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Matthew Johnson was allegedly waving a gun around and was shot and killed by police. Very little about the circumstances was revealed. Omaha PD allege this was a “suicide by cop” but neither police nor family provided no indication that the man had been suicidal. The claim of “suicide by cop” is a popular theme with police trying to explain their homicides which is also very often contradicted by the details of a case. Nothing except a subjective statement by police that they assume Johnson wanted them to kill him has been provided by police. He was the father of 3 children and had a family.
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Joshua McCammond
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/16/2023
Location : Childs Road+Camp Brewster Rd
City : Bellevue
County : Sarpy
State : Nebraska
Agency : Bellevue PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Medical emergency
Event : Drug overdose in custody
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Bellevue PD investigated a call that people had been seen running from a residence and drove to the location near Childs Road and Camp Brewster Road. When police entered the residence, they found 36-year-old Joshua McCammond having a medical emergency. He was taken to the hospital where he died. His cause of death is unknown.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2023/05/16/bellevue-police-burglar-suspect-dies-after-medical-emergency/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :49
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/04/2023
Location : 27th+ Holdrege St
City : Lincoln
County : Lancaster
State : Nebraska
Agency : Lincoln PD, Lancaster County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Lancaster County deputies responded to a home near 27th and Holdrege Streets Wednesday around 4:15 p.m. to address a 49-year-old man who violated a protection order. A search warrant was obtained and a SWAT team was called that forced the door open. The SWAT team members heard a single gunshot. The man they sought had committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2023/05/04/person-dies-by-suicide-overnight-standoff-north-lincoln-home/
Chace Abney
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/01/2023
Location : Motel 8
City : Lincoln
County : Lancaster
State : Nebraska
Agency : Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during narcotics investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chace Abney died after being shot by the Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force during an investigation on May 1. Police allege that Abney pulled a 9mm pistol and pointed it at them.LSO investigators claim that one round was fired by Abney. Abney was shot and killed by at least 2 officers.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2023/05/06/lso-man-shot-officer-involved-shooting-dies-injuries/
Joseph Jones
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/31/2023
Location : 17810 W Center Road
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Brian Vanderheiden
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : “Man with a gun” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD were called about a man with a rifle inside of a Target store. They arrived and Officer Brian Vanderheiden shot him to death. It is not reported that he had hurt anyone. He had mental health problems that were well known to police. No BWC is available. No officers were charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2023/01/31/police-responding-west-omaha-target-store/
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-target-shooting-what-we-know/42732109
Steven Docken
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/30/2023
Location : 53rd/Center St
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha PD
Officer(s) : Nicholas Lanning, Joshua Moore
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Police killed man illegally entering storage room
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Steven Docken was seen in a storage facility locker where 2 Omaha PD officers felt he was trying to steal. They confronted him, allege that he produced a gun and Officers Nicholas Lanning and Joshua Moore shot and killed him. A gun was reportedly found near him. Police withheld the BWC for unknown reasons, released only screenshots from it and provided BWC excerpts of the street scene after the shooting but withheld footage of the shooting or what led up to it.The officers were not charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2023/01/31/large-opd-presence-near-53rd-center/
https://whoradio.iheart.com/content/2023-01-31-wounded-omaha-police-officers-identified/
Loren Dexter
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/09/2023
Location : South 166th Avenue Circle+S Street
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD states that around 10:15 a.m. Monday, they were called to a home near South 166th Avenue Circle and S Street following a domestic disturbance call. Omaha officers state that they saw Loren Dexter who had been involved in the disturbance at the front of the home. Omaha PD alleged thathe walked away from the home and got into a vehicle in the driveway. Police heard a gunshot. Dexter was declared dead at the scene from self-inflicted gunshot wound under police duress. No officers were charged.
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Melissa Hernandez
Age :30
Gender :Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/18/2022
Location : I-80 mile marker 354
City : Lincoln
County : Lincoln
State : Nebraska
Agency : Nebraska State Police and others in “multi-agency” effort
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
At approximately 7:40 a.m. Friday, a trooper observed an eastbound Jeep Wrangler driving on the shoulder near mile marker 354 on Interstate 80. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued and the trooper escalated a chase to 100 mph. The vehicle exited and then entered a field and continued fleeing southbound. When the vehicle drove through a fence and continued into a pasture and York County and Seward County deputies then picked up the chase until the driver's vehicle hit a bridge guardrail and crashed, ejecting both occupants, killing Melissa Hernandez.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/11/19/passenger-killed-driver-arrested-high-speed-chase/
Jeramyah Wilson
Age :23
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/30/2022
Location :
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha PD
Officer(s) : Dominic Lombardo, Justin Georgious
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “shots fired” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD responded to a call about shots fired and found Jeremyah Wilson sitting in a car with a gun. Police allege that he issued unspecified verbal threats and “made a sudden movement” in the vehicle. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2022/10/30/man-shot-omaha-police-officer-involved-shooting/
Jacob M. Jamrozy
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 08/31/2022
Location : 10037 R St
City : Omaha
County : Douglas
State : Nebraska
Agency : Omaha PD
Officer(s) : Jennifer Turner, Jason Martinez
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police serving protection order
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Omaha PD visited Jacob M. Jamrozy to serve an order of protection. They allege he opened the door with a gun. They shot and killed him. The officers were cleared by a Grand Jury.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wowt.com/2022/08/31/omaha-police-gives-updates-officer-involved-shooting/
Bradley S. Allen
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/30/2022
Location : 2nd and Ella Street
City : Beatrice
County : Gage
State : Nebraska
Agency : Beatrice PD
Officer(s) : Kelly Byrne
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after chase for missing headlight
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased Bradley Allen because one of his headlights was not working. He did not stop. Police escalated a chase, and when he stopped, they claim that he had been armed and reached for his waistband. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/05/04/lincoln-man-shot-by-beatrice-police-officer-has-died/
https://www.1011now.com/2022/05/04/lincoln-man-shot-by-beatrice-police-officer-has-died/
Andrew Stratton
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/14/2022
Location : Alvo
City : Lincoln
County : Cass
State : Nebraska
Agency : Cass County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cass County deputies were sent to an assault call in which a son, Andrew Stratton, had struck his father in the head. The father called 911. He told deputies that his son was armed and in the basement. Police entered and fired a shot and killed him. Stratton was the brother of Josh Stratton, reported missing in 2018.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/02/14/domestic-assault-suspect-shot-killed-by-deputy-during-standoff/
Kyle Edinger 2 of 2
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/09/2022
Location : Unknown
City : York
County : 19th+Delaware
State : Nebraska
Agency : York County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash, K9 also killed
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Two people and a police K9 were killed as a result of a police chase crash in York. A deputy reportedly attempted to traffic-stop a 2008 silver Ford F-150 seen to be driving erratically in York County. The vehicle did not immediately stop and police escalated a chase in excess of 100 miles per hour and continued to Road H and Road 18 where the vehicle stopped. Police allege that the man concealed his hands and advised officers that he wanted to die. Police claim that he advanced toward the officers and took over the marked patrol canine unit.
The man gained control of the police cruiser and another chase began.
The patrol vehicle stopped on the railroad tracks. The man then exited the vehicle and stood outside the vehicle as a train approached.
Officers tried to intervene and regain control of the patrol vehicle and retrieve the canine. The man got back into the patrol vehicle and a train blocked officers on the south which the man used to turn around and approach the train at fast speeds. The man struck a bystander vehicle at the crossing. Edinger and the K9 were killed in the crash
SOURCE LINKS :
Joseph Stoltenberg
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/09/2022
Location : 19th Street and Delaware
City : York
County : York
State : Nebraska
Agency : York County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by train during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
York County deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on a man who did not stop. Police escalated a chase in excess of 100 miles an hour and the truck suddenly stopped. The man was upset and told officers that he wanted to die. He reportedly took over the patrol car with a canine inside and drove off. Police escalated another high-speed chase and he stopped on the railroad tracks. The driver, Joseph Stoltenberg, hit the back of a vehicle that was waiting at the railroad tracks, pushing the vehicle into the path of a train. The train collided with both vehicles, killing Stoltenberg, as well as the bystander Edinger and a police dog that was in the stolen police car.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/02/09/victim-crash-york-county-identified/
Kyle Ediger
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/09/2022
Location : 19th Street and Delaware
City : York
County : York
State : Nebraska
Agency : York County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by train during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
York County deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on a man who did not stop. Police escalated a chase in excess of 100 miles an hour and the truck suddenly stopped. The man was upset and told officers that he wanted to die. He reportedly took over the patrol car with a canine inside and drove off. Police escalated another high-speed chase and he stopped on the railroad tracks. The driver, Joseph Stoltenberg, hit the back of a vehicle that was waiting at the railroad tracks, pushing the vehicle into the path of a train. The train collided with both vehicles, killing Stoltenberg, as well as the bystander Ediger and a police dog that was in the stolen police car.
TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/02/09/victim-crash-york-county-identified/