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Robert Bradshaw
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/07/2023
Location : 3500 block of Wedgworth Road South
City : Fort Worth 76133
County : Tarrant
State : Texas
Agency : Fort Worth Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Fort Worth PD were called regarding a man in mental health crisiswho also allegedly had a knife. When officers located him, he allegedly held a knife and they claim he started running towards them. Fort Worth PD shot and killed him.No officers were charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article270913852.html
Aaron Schwartz
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/06/2023
Location : 7700 block of Virgie Court
City : Wautaga
County : Tarrant
State : Texas
Agency : Wautaga Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Wautaga PD were sent to a mental health call involving a man at suicide risk. Police escalated a lengthy siege, and the man came out of the house with an alleged weapon and raised it. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.irvingweekly.com/s/4965/Suicidal-Man-Shot-Dead-by-Watauga-Police.php
https://www.fox4news.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-watauga-leaves-1-dead
Mandy Norris
Age :52
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/06/2023
Location : 13400 block of Rogers Rd
City : Willis
County : Montgomery
State : Texas
Agency : Montgomery County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Montgomery County deputies were called to a domestic violence situation. A man fled, was chased until he crashed into a tree and died. No officers were charged.
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Jose Luis Iruegas
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/05/2023
Location : 1400 block of Culebra
City : San Antonio
County : Bexar
State : Texas
Agency : San Antonio PD
Officer(s) : Joshua Nicholson and Ryan Tovar
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “man with gun” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
San Antonio PD were called for a report of a man threatening people with a gun in a parking lot. Policelocated him and allege he opened the door with a gun. They shot and killed him. No officers were charged.
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Caleb Swafford
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/05/2023
Location : 5500 block of Aldine Bender Rd
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police car
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer was responding to a call without his siren or lights on when he struck Caleb Swafford who was attempting to cross the street. Swafford was pronounced deceased shortly after being hit. No officers were charged.
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Manuel Najera, Jr.
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/03/2023
Location : 5100 block of Cardiff St
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas PD
Officer(s) : Corey Barnes, Mario Hamilton, Rachel Rice, Ronnie Stacy
Cause of Death : Medical emergency
Event : Killed by police for “erratic behavior”
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Dallas PD received a call that someone was behaving erratically. They arrived, handcuffed Manuel Najera Jr. and placed him on a stretcher. When he was placed inside of the ambulance, he developed a medical emergency and died a short time later. It was discovered that he had suffered a cardiac arrest during arrest. BWC of the arrest is not available. No officers were charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://dpdbeat.com/2023/01/06/dallas-police-investigate-death-in-custody-on-cardiff-street/
Randy Wayne Tadlock
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/02/2023
Location : 1233 S Broadway Street
City : Sulphur Springs
County : Hopkins
State : Texas
Agency : Hopkins County Sheriff's Office, Sulphur Springs Police Department
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Hopkins County deputies and Sulphur Springs officers responded to a call of an armed man in mental health distress who may harm himself or others.When approached by police, he fled on foot. Police allege that he pointed a gun and was shot dead. No officers were charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ketr.org/news/2023-01-05/sulphur-springs-shoot-kill-armed-man-on-monday
Kiara Nathalia Hurtado
Age :12
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 12/31/2022
Location : 17800 Barker Cypress Road at Park Row Boulevard
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Moving violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/31/2022, 12-year-old Kiara Hurtado was critically injured when the Toyota Camry in which she was a passenger crashed during a Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office pursuit in Houston, Texas. She died from her injuries on 01/04/2023.
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Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the maroon Toyota Camry for speeding in the area of Barker Cypress Road and the Katy Freeway. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Christian Rayo, continued driving and deputies pursued the vehicle.
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At Barker Cypress Road and Park Row Boulevard, Rayo drove through a red traffic signal and the Camry collided with a black Jaguar X-TYPE that was turning onto Park Row Boulevard. Rayo and all four passengers in the Camry were transported to hospitals. The 28-year-old driver of the Jaguar was seriously injured and transported by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital.
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Kiara suffered catastrophic injuries in the collision and remained hospitalized. She was pronounced dead on January 4, four days after the police pursuit and crash. Her family's account identifies her more fully as Kiara Nathalia Jory Hurtado and states that her mother, grandmother and aunt were also in the crash and suffered multiple injuries.
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Rayo, also identified by the Harris County Sheriff's Office as Christian Medina Banguera, died from a medical emergency while being held in the Harris County Jail on 11/16/2023, before the murder case stemming from Kiara's death could be resolved at trial.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2023/jan/nr011023-3.htm
https://abc13.com/christian-rayo-chase-crash-how-many-harris-county-jail-deaths-kiara-hurtado-18th-inmate-dies/14077418/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tq9kk
Name Not Disclosed
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/30/2022
Location : I-10 near Wayside Drive
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian struck and killed by police cruiser
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An unnamed on-duty officer was driving on the I-10 in Houston when he hit a pedestrian trying to cross lanes and killed him. Police did not disclose the names of the pedestrian nor the officer. The officer did not see the man even after he hit him and only noticed that he hit “something hard” and that the airbags deployed.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/30/2022
Location : 7100 block of East Freeway (I-10), near Wayside Drive
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/30/2022, a 35-year-old man was struck and killed by an on-duty Houston Police Department sergeant driving a marked patrol vehicle on the East Freeway near Wayside Drive in Houston. The collision occurred at approximately 2 a.m.
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The sergeant, assigned to HPD's Northeast Patrol Division, was traveling westbound while responding to a non-emergency call. Contemporary reporting said the patrol vehicle was not using emergency lights or sirens.
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According to police, the sergeant struck something in the roadway with enough force to deploy the patrol vehicle's airbags. He stopped and got out to inspect the vehicle, at which point he discovered the man lying beside the patrol vehicle. Investigators believed the 35-year-old man had been walking in a moving lane of the freeway.
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Houston Fire Department paramedics responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene. Police said the patrol vehicle appeared to have been the only vehicle that struck him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2022/dec/nr221230-1.htm
https://abc13.com/post/pedestrian-hit-and-killed-by-police-officer-deadly-crash-with-houston-east-freeway-man-while-walking-on-i10/12630184/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/12/30/hpd-officer-strikes-kills-pedestrian-on-east-freeway-all-lanes-on-i-10-near-wayside-closed-police-say/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-pd-officer-hits-kills-pedestrian-with-cruiser-on-east-fwy
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/28/2022
Location : U.S. Highway 80
City : Unknown
County : Wood
State : Texas
Agency : Wood County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by vehicle while fleeing police on foot
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Not disclosed.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/28/2022, an unidentified man was killed after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 80 in Wood County, Texas, while Wood County sheriff's deputies were pursuing him on foot.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Adam Albritton, Wood County sheriff's deputies were chasing the man on foot when he entered Highway 80. A passing vehicle struck him, causing fatal injuries.
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The death was reported by East Texas television station KLTV/KTRE on the night of December 28 under the headline “Suspect fleeing Wood County deputies fatally struck by vehicle on Hwy 80.” The contemporaneous report expressly establishes the police pursuit immediately preceding the fatal collision, independently corroborating the FARS police-related classification.
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Michael Lee Delaney
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/24/2022
Location : Ric Williamson Memorial Hwy+US-180
City : Weatherford
County : Parker
State : Texas
Agency : Weatherford PD, Texas DPS
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after car chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police escalated a chase on a vehicle they believed to be stolen. The vehicle crashed and a man fled on foot with officers chasing him. He allegedly fired shots at police and was shot dead.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-shot-killed-police-suspect-045900664.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/weatherford-police-release-video-fatal-officer-involved-shooting/
Rigo Mendez
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/23/2022
Location : 7112 Mile 3 ½ Rd
City : Weslaco 78596
County : Hidalgo
State : Texas
Agency : Hidalgo County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
After a neighbor reported shots fired, police arrived at the home in Weslaco where children were present and allege that Mendez pointed a gun at them. He was shot and killed by Hidalgo deputies.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/22/2022
Location : Wood County courthouse
City : Quitman
County : Wood
State : Texas
Agency : Mineola PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during chase after retail theft
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
According to the Mineola Police Department, around 2:41 p.m. on 12/22/2022, their officers responded to a theft at a Walmart on 135 NE Loop 564.They attempted to stop the person from driving out of the parking lot. The driver drove onto the northbound Highway 37. Officers chased the vehicle on Highway 37 into Quitman and later shot the person for unclear reasons near Highway 154 and Highway 37, officials said. DPS clarified the person did not shoot at officers. It is unknown if they were armed.
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Robert Allen Vancleave
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/22/2022
Location : 211 W Bermuda St
City : Quitman
County : Wood
State : Texas
Agency : Mineola PD
Officer(s) : Tucker George
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Theft
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were called for reported theft. Police chased Robert Allen Vancleave and tried to perform a traffic stop but he fled. Police allege that he was driving toward them and once he came to a stop, police shot and killed him. Robert Allen Vancleave had been unarmed.
SOURCE LINKS :
http://woodcountymonitor.com/stories/suspect-dead-in-police-involved-shooting-in-quitman,162057
https://www.kltv.com/2023/01/06/state-report-reveals-name-suspect-shot-by-officer-quitman/
http://woodcountymonitor.com/stories/police-shoot-man-on-quitman-square,162080
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-shot-killed-by-mineola-pd-in-quitman-identified/ar-AA162YnS
https://www.woodcountymonitor.com/stories/mineola-officer-in-fatal-shooting-back-on-duty,162222
Joshua Leon Wright
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/12/2022
Location : 6001 Kyle Parkway
City : Kyle
County : Hays
State : Texas
Agency : Hays County SO, Texas DPS
Officer(s) : Isiah Garcia
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police when trying to leave hospital
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Joshua Wright was in the hospital being treated with he tried to flee on foot. Police allege he assaulted an officer who tried to stop him. The officer shot him multiple times, killing him. The family has demanded release of the BWC which has been denied.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Hays-County-Joshua-Wright-video-17699983.php
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/12/2022
Location : Interstate 20 near Main Street / 331 E. Camp Wisdom Road
City : Duncanville
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Duncanville Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed while fleeing police on foot
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit during burglary.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/12/2022, an unidentified man was killed after running from Duncanville police and attempting to cross Interstate 20 in Duncanville, Dallas County.
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At approximately 4:55 a.m., Duncanville police received a call concerning a business alarm at 331 E. Camp Wisdom Road. Dispatchers monitoring live surveillance footage told responding officers that a man wearing a blue hoodie was placing items into a backpack inside the business.
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As officers reached the front of the business, dispatch advised them that the man had just exited through the rear. Officers then saw a man wearing a blue hoodie and carrying a backpack running down an embankment toward Interstate 20.
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The man entered the interstate and attempted to cross the eastbound traffic lanes. Multiple vehicles struck him, killing him at the scene. Duncanville Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced him dead.
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The Dallas County Sheriff's Office investigated the fatal collision. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 were closed for more than four hours while investigators processed the scene.
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Contemporary FOX 4 reporting explicitly characterized the death as occurring while the man was trying to get away from police, while the Dallas Morning News' Spanish-language report likewise described him as being pursued by police in connection with the reported burglary.
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The official Duncanville account is slightly more precise and should control the narrative: officers arrived, saw the man running down the embankment toward I-20, and he was killed while attempting to cross the interstate. The sources do not establish that officers entered the freeway behind him before he was struck, so this should be documented as a foot-flight police encounter resulting in a vehicle death, rather than as a conventional vehicle pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/i-20-police-chase-suspect-killed
https://www.focusdailynews.com/dallas-sheriffs-office-is-investigating-duncanville-fatality-on-i-20/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/10/2022
Location : 7100 block of Ilex Street
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/10/2022, the Houston Fire Department and Houston Police Department responded to a call about a man in crisis at a residence in the 700 block of Ilex Street. Firefighters reported that the man was pointing a gun at his own head when they arrived, and officers attempted to negotiate with him to surrender, de-escalate the situation, and receive medical attention. After about an hour of negotiations, the man moved toward the 7100 block of Ilex Street, where he continued to refuse to comply with law enforcement commands. SWAT personnel were called in and maintained contact with him. The man ultimately shot himself during the standoff.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/swatt-standoff-suicide-17645058.php
https://www.facebook.com/Houstonpolice/videos/hpd-is-releasing-body-camera-video-of-a-death-in-custody-incident-at-7135-ilex-s/3575087002710887/
Franco Anzaldua
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/08/2022
Location : 600 block of Pugh St
City : Woodsboro
County : Refugio
State : Texas
Agency : Woodsboro PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
After a night of drinking, Franco Anzaldua was confronted by police at his home. He allegedly fired a shot at them. They shot and killed him.
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Luis Figueroa Gonzalez
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : Kinney County roadway near Brackettville
City : Brackettville area
County : Kinney
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant chase.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez was killed during a Texas Department of Public Safety vehicle pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville. Four other people — Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware — were also killed.
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The vehicle was carrying a group of migrants through the border region when Texas DPS troopers pursued it. The pursuit occurred amid Operation Lone Star, during a period in which DPS was conducting large numbers of vehicle pursuits in Texas border counties.
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During the pursuit, DPS officers positioned spike strips in the vehicle's path. Human Rights Watch's subsequent investigation, based in part on DPS pursuit records, found that the driver attempted to avoid the spike strips and lost control.
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The vehicle rolled multiple times. At least eight occupants were ejected. Figueroa Gonzalez and four other people died as a result of the crash, while another four occupants were critically injured and transported by air to hospitals.
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Human Rights Watch specifically examined the crash in its investigation of Texas DPS pursuit practices under Operation Lone Star and highlighted it as an example of deaths associated with police deployment of spike strips during high-speed pursuits.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : Kinney County roadway near Brackettville
City : Brackettville area
County : Kinney
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant chase.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo was killed when the vehicle in which he was riding crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County.
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Texas DPS officers were pursuing the vehicle when officers deployed spike strips. The driver attempted to avoid the tire-deflation device, lost control, and the vehicle rolled several times. At least eight people were ejected.
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Gonzalez Arroyo, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware died. Another four people suffered critical injuries and were flown to hospitals.
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A later report from Mexico provides additional confirmation of Gonzalez Arroyo's identity. His family said he was known as “El Rojo” and had previously worked as a municipal police officer in Zentla, Veracruz. He was traveling with other migrants when the pursuit and rollover occurred near Brackettville. His remains were subsequently repatriated to Mexico.
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The Mexican reporting states that Gonzalez Arroyo's family learned of his death on December 9 and waited approximately a month for his body to be returned. His family raised money to assist with repatriation expenses.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.elbuentono.com.mx/?p=671264
Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : Kinney County roadway near Brackettville
City : Brackettville area
County : Kinney
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant pursuit.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez was killed when a vehicle carrying migrants crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County.
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During the pursuit, DPS officers deployed spike strips. The driver attempted to maneuver around the strips, lost control, and the vehicle rolled several times. At least eight occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
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Mendiola Gutierrez was killed along with Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware. Four additional occupants were critically injured and flown to hospitals.
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Raul Tovar Alvarez
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : Kinney County roadway near Brackettville
City : Brackettville area
County : Kinney
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit of migrants.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Raul Tovar Alvarez was killed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville.
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DPS officers deployed spike strips while pursuing the vehicle. The driver attempted to avoid the strips and lost control, causing the vehicle to roll repeatedly. At least eight occupants were ejected.
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Tovar Alvarez, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, and John Ware died as a result. Another four occupants suffered critical injuries.
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John Ware
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : Kinney County roadway near Brackettville
City : Brackettville area
County : Kinney
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public migrant pursuit.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, John Ware was killed when the vehicle he was driving crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville. Four passengers — Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, and Raul Tovar Alvarez — were also killed.
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Texas DPS officers pursued Ware's vehicle while it was transporting migrants through the border region. During the pursuit, officers deployed spike strips in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
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Ware attempted to avoid the spike strips and lost control. The vehicle rolled several times, ejecting at least eight occupants. Ware and four passengers died, while another four occupants were critically injured and flown to hospitals.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.elbuentono.com.mx/?p=671264
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
Name Not Disclosed
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/01/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Garland
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A Dallas man whom police chased after a burglary died Wednesday after striking another vehicle then colliding with a pole in Richardson following a police pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/i-20-police-chase-suspect-killed
Luis Mauricio Perez Ortiz
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/30/2022
Location : Centennial Boulevard and South Greenville Avenue
City : Richardson
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Traffic violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/30/2022, 25-year-old Luis Mauricio Perez Ortiz of Dallas was killed when the Dodge he was driving crashed at Centennial Boulevard and South Greenville Avenue in Richardson during a Garland Police Department pursuit. Two passengers in Ortiz's vehicle and the driver of an uninvolved pickup were injured.
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m., Garland police stopped Ortiz's vehicle in the 3800 block of West Walnut Street for alleged traffic violations. Officers made contact with the people inside, but Ortiz drove away from the stop. Garland officers pursued him toward Richardson.
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Garland police said the pursuit continued for several minutes. Ortiz was traveling at such a high speed that pursuing officers slowed and briefly lost sight of his vehicle. The entire interval between the attempted traffic stop and the fatal collision was approximately three minutes.
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At approximately 10:18 p.m., Ortiz traveled west on Centennial Boulevard and entered the intersection with South Greenville Avenue against a red traffic signal. His vehicle collided with a pickup traveling south on Greenville Avenue and then struck a pole.
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Ortiz was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. Two passengers in his vehicle and the pickup driver were also transported to hospitals with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Richardson Police Department Special Crash Investigations investigated the fatal collision.
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Garland police reported finding narcotics and a large amount of money inside Ortiz's vehicle after the crash. The precise alleged traffic violations that prompted the original stop were not specified in the reporting located.
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This was the second fatal Garland Police Department pursuit in less than two weeks. On 11/19/2022, Garland officers pursued a vehicle from Garland into Dallas, where it crashed on Greenville Avenue, killing an unidentified 16-year-old passenger.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.richardsonpolice.net/Home/Components/News/News/6746/5439?arch=1&npage=5
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/12/01/garland-police-pursuit-ends-with-fatal-crash-for-2nd-time-in-as-many-weeks/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/man-dies-after-leading-garland-police-on-chase
Reymundo Ricardo Flores
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/29/2022
Location : Hwy 97+ US-281
City : Floresville
County : Wilson
State : Texas
Agency : Wilson County SD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest for parole violation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Reymundo Flores was wanted on a fugitive warrant in Guadalupe County for violating probation by not stopping for an officer. At about 2:26 p.m. on Tuesday, deputies saw him walking near US-181 and State Highway 97. Flores tried to evade the deputies and continued walking south toward Floresville High School. Wilson County deputies locked down 3 schools and allege that he shot at police with a handgun. Police shot and killed him.
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Kenneth Wayne Knotts
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/29/2022
Location : UT Southwestern Medical Center
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : UT Southwestern Medical Center Police Department
Officer(s) : Brandon Ledbetter; Anaid Vejar; Barry Secrest; Donald McKenzie
Cause of Death : Asphyxiation
Event : Fatal medical emergency during police restraint in mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 11/29/2022, Kenneth Wayne Knotts, 41, was taken to UT Southwestern Medical Center after Hutchins police encountered him during a mental health crisis and transported him to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
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Knotts later left his hospital room. UT Southwestern police pursued him and apprehended him outside a nearby medical facility. He was handcuffed and returned to the hospital.
Body-camera footage shows officers restraining Knotts face-down on a hospital bed while he was handcuffed. Knotts repeatedly said he could not breathe. He eventually stopped moving, and medical personnel discovered that he had no pulse. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, and Knotts was pronounced dead at 1:02 p.m.
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The Dallas County Medical Examiner determined that Knotts died from sudden cardiac arrest associated with physical restraint and a semi-prone position and classified his death as Homicide. A Dallas County grand jury subsequently declined to indict the officers.
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Knotts' family filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the officers. The lawsuit identified UT Southwestern Police Officers Brandon Ledbetter, Anaid Vejar, Barry Secrest and Donald McKenzie. A federal judge dismissed the claims with prejudice in January 2025.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Brandon Ledbetter, Anaid Vejar, Barry Secrest and Donald McKenzie were identified as the UT Southwestern police officers involved in Knotts' restraint. A Dallas County grand jury declined criminal charges.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/kenneth-knotts-body-camera-video
https://www.fox4news.com/news/kenneth-knotts-death-ut-southwestern-medical-center
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2023-10-26/dallas-hospital-police-death-lawsuit
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2024-04-23/kenneth-knotts-death-ut-southwestern-police-excessive-force-lawsuit
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/attorney-releases-portion-of-body-cam-video-from-ut-southwestern-custodial-death-claim/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txnd-3_23-cv-02369/pdf/USCOURTS-txnd-3_23-cv-02369-0.pdf
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/28/2022
Location : 8100 North Loop East (North I- 610)
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris County Constables
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Harris County Precinct One deputy constables were in a vehicle pursuit with the driver of a grey Honda Civic driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the Hardy Toll Road. The deputies drove parallel with the wrong way vehicle in the correct lane with emergency equipment activated. The Civic continued to drive the wrong way eastbound in the westbound lanes of the North Loop. The driver of the Civic then struck a Chevrolet Tahoe head-on. The driver of the Civic was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Calvin Leon Brown Jr.
Age :61
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/27/2022
Location : 3111 McCann Road
City : Longview
County : Gregg
State : Texas
Agency : Kilgore PD
Officer(s) : Joshua Vercher
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Off-duty officer claimed man pulled gun
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
An off-duty Kilgore PD officer moonlighting as private security guard at Hospitality ER in Longview shot and killed Calvin L. Brown Jr. in the parking lot of the ER, alleging that Brown had pulled a gun on him.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/26/2022
Location : 36000 block of US-69
City : Jacksonville
County : Cherokee
State : Texas
Agency : Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office; Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during hostage situation response
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 11/26/2022, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the 36000 block of US-69 near Jacksonville after receiving a 911 call from a man who said he was holding his wife and daughter hostage inside the home. When deputies and DPS troopers arrived at the scene, the man was armed with a firearm and confronted law enforcement. Officers defended themselves during the confrontation, shooting the man. He was transported to a local hospital with gunshot wounds. His wife and daughter were reported to be safe and unharmed. Texas Rangers were assigned to investigate the officer-involved shooting.
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Jose Torres
Age :46
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/25/2022
Location : 3000 block of Antelope St
City : Corpus Christi
County : Nueces
State : Texas
Agency : Corpus Christi PD
Officer(s) : Alexander LaBatto
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Corpus Christi PD went to the 3000 block of Antelope Street in Corpus Christi on a domestic disturbance call. Police claimed that Jose Torres held a knife and officer LaBatto shot and killed him.
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Angele Nuckols
Age :58
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 11/25/2022
Location : 2350 N I-35 and Old Settlers Boulevard
City : Round Rock
County : Williamson
State : Texas
Agency : DPS
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
DPS pursued Angela Nuckols because they felt the grey Altima she was driving may be stolen. DPS initiated a high-speed chase and Nuckols crashed into another vehicle. The driver was not hurt significantly and Nuckols got out of the vehicle and allegedly held a gun and was shot and killed.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/25/2022
Location : 3191 Medical Center Dr
City : McKinney
County : Collin
State : Texas
Agency : McKinney PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
McKinney PD arrived at a domestic disturbance call. A person holding an ax tried to run and was shot and killed. Local media voiced complaints that all vital information including the identity were not disclosed.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :13
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/20/2022
Location : Major Drive near Interstate 10
City : Beaumont
County : Jefferson
State : Texas
Agency : Beaumont Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of vehicle reported stolen.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/20/2022, an unidentified 13-year-old girl was killed when the stolen 2023 Hyundai in which she was riding crashed during a Beaumont Police Department pursuit. The crash occurred near Major Drive and Interstate 10 in Beaumont.
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At approximately 3:35 a.m., Beaumont police received a report of a vehicle burglary in progress in the 3100 block of Ethan Symone Street. Responding officers encountered the people involved driving away in the silver Hyundai. Police followed the vehicle as it traveled toward Major Drive and Interstate 10.
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At approximately 3:43 a.m., the driver lost control of the Hyundai and struck a concrete pillar. FARS-derived crash data records the matching Beaumont fatal crash at 3:43 a.m., involving one vehicle, five people and one fatality.
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Four occupants got out of the wrecked Hyundai and ran. Officers arrested two juveniles following the crash and continued searching for two other occupants. Police found the 13-year-old girl dead inside the vehicle.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Early-morning-car-chase-ends-with-child-s-death-17599498.php
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
Martin John Bradley
Age :65
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/20/2022
Location : 3000-block of Bradford Park Dr
City : Round Rock
County : Williamson
State : Texas
Agency : Round Rock PD
Officer(s) : Sgt. Christian Wilson
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Martin John Bradley, 65, was a Round Rock resident who lived at the Bradford Park Drive home where he was reportedly the primary aggressor in the initial domestic disturbance involving his daughter and grandchild. An officer who arrived at the domestic violence call was Sgt. Christian Wilson who arrived at a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 3000-block of Bradford Park Drive. When his daughter with 1-year-old baby escaped, police withdrew and at that time heard a shot from the residence. Round Rock PD Sgt. Wilson saw Bradley with a gun on the back porch and shot and killed him.
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https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/news/update-on-nov-20-officer-involved-shooting/
Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/20/2022
Location : 12200 block of Greenville Ave
City : Lake Highlands
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Garland PD chased a vehicle they believed was involved in prior robberies. The chase continued until the vehicle crashed in the 12200 block of Greenville Ave. One person was killed, 2 others hospitalized.
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Name Not Disclosed
Age :16
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/19/2022
Location : 12200 block of Greenville Avenue
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of vehicle linked to previous incidents.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/19/2022, an unidentified 16-year-old boy was killed when the Chevrolet Tahoe in which he was riding crashed during a Garland Police Department pursuit that began in Garland and continued into Dallas. Five people were inside the Tahoe.
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Garland police had been investigating a group connected to burglaries in Mesquite, Arlington, Pantego, Grand Prairie, Hutchins, Dallas, Duncanville, Garland and other North Texas communities. Police said people connected to the burglaries had been recorded carrying rifles and other firearms, and a firearm had been discharged during at least one of the burglaries.
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m., Garland officers recognized the white Tahoe associated with the investigation and attempted to stop it near Kingsley Road. The driver continued away, and Garland police pursued the vehicle toward Dallas. A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter also tracked the Tahoe during the pursuit.
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In the 12200 block of Greenville Avenue in Dallas's Lake Highlands area, the driver lost control, overcorrected and caused the Tahoe to overturn. Three occupants were ejected. Two occupants who suffered relatively minor injuries ran from the crash but were arrested shortly afterward. Three other occupants were transported to hospitals, where the 16-year-old passenger died.
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Police recovered five loaded firearms from the wrecked Tahoe: three AR-15-style pistols and two handguns. Garland police said the weapons were believed to have been stolen during or used in offenses under investigation. The teenager killed was deliberately not publicly identified by Garland police.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/garland-police-chase-crash-guns
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article269131587.html
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2023/11/01/dallas-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charge-stemming-from-police-chase-fatal-crash-in-2022/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/suspects-involved-in-deadly-car-chase-connected-to-string-of-burglaries-across-north-texas-police-say
Amber Ocoee Ponce
Age :33
Gender :Female
Race : Native American
Date : 11/17/2022
Location : Interstate 35 South at Frio Street/Cesar Chavez Boulevard
City : San Antonio
County : Bexar
State : Texas
Agency : Bexar County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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REASON FOR CHASE:
Minor moving violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/17/2022, 33-year-old Amber Ponce was killed when the Ford Mustang in which she was a passenger crashed off an elevated section of Interstate 35 near Frio Street in downtown San Antonio immediately after a Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputy attempted to stop the vehicle.
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At approximately 2:30 a.m., a Bexar County sheriff's deputy encountered the Mustang traveling approximately 40 mph on I-35 South. The deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Sheriff Javier Salazar said the driver began pulling toward the side of the highway as though he intended to stop, but then accelerated away.
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Salazar said the deputy was about to radio that he was initiating a pursuit when the crash occurred. The Mustang went over the concrete barrier near the Frio Street/Cesar Chavez Boulevard ramp and fell to the street below. Salazar later said the vehicle traveled approximately 110 feet after leaving the elevated roadway and tumbled before coming to rest.
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Ponce was killed in the crash. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office subsequently identified her and determined that she died from a cervical injury.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/1-person-dead-man-hospitalized-after-car-goes-off-highway-ramp-and-lands-on-street-below-bcso-says/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/man-who-drove-off-elevated-i-35-ramp-killing-passenger-is-being-checked-for-dwi-sheriff-says/
https://www.ktsa.com/bexar-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-car-crash-near-downtown/
Joe Don Williams
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/16/2022
Location : 11/16/2022
City : Fort Wort
County : Tarrant
State : Texas
Agency : Fort Worth PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “man with a gun” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Fort Worth PD received 911 calls about a “man with a gun” near a business pacing around. Police state he fired shots inside, walked outside and fired at cars. He was shot and killed by Fort Worth PD.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/fatal-officer-involved-shooting-fort-worth-qt
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article268871282.html