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Dorris "DJ" Acree, a 23-year-old Black male, died by suicide on July 8, 2021, in Clarksville, Tennessee. Around 6 a.m., officers with the Clarksville Police Department attempted to serve a narcotics search warrant at an apartment on Cobalt Drive. An hours-long standoff ensued, during which officers tried to negotiate with Acree. Following the standoff, Acree was found deceased inside the apartment from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/clarksville-police-subject-barricaded-inside-cobalt-drive-home-avoid-the-area

On July 8, 2021, Shannon M. Wilcox, aged 53, was involved in an armed disturbance in Presque Isle, Maine. During the standoff, police alleged that Wilcox threatened them with a firearm. Sergeant Matthew Cummings of the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office opened fire, killing Wilcox. The incident was reviewed by the Maine Attorney General's Office, which determined that the use of force was justified.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/aroostook-county/man-shot-killed-by-police-officer-in-presque-isle-maine-ags-office-investigating/97-d7089eed-082a-4525-b888-86842e05ba65
https://thecounty.me/2023/07/27/news/police-chief-cleared-for-using-deadly-force-in-2021-shooting/
https://obituaries.thecounty.me/obituary/shannon-wilcox-1082795367

On 07/08/2021, Phoenix police responded to multiple 911 calls placed by Stanley Howard, who made repeated statements that prompted officers to go to a residence near North 27th Avenue and West Northern Avenue. Officers made contact with Howard at the location. According to reporting, Howard opened the door and stated that he had a gun. Four Phoenix police officers opened fire and shot Howard, killing him at the scene. Howard was 64 years old. After the shooting, authorities stated that the object Howard was holding was a water gun, not a firearm. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office later cleared the officers involved, and no charges were filed.

https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/phoenix-police-respond-to-shooting-incident-including-officer/75-c387460e-4d8c-4837-a4c4-81a613a02962

On 07/08/2021, New York City police officers on patrol in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn responded to the sound of gunfire outside a liquor store near Wilson Avenue. Officers located Steven Leconte and chased him on foot. According to reporting, officers stated that Leconte was holding a firearm and did not put it down during the encounter. Officers engaged Leconte and opened fire, killing him at the scene. Leconte was 53 years old. The New York Attorney General later reviewed the shooting and found it justified. No criminal charges were filed against the officers involved.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-20210709-2ob4fl2uyfgj3bnip73mbvxwce-story.html
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/5.11.22_leconte.pdf

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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/08/2021, 24-year-old Borkot Ullah was killed while making food deliveries on an e-bike when a black Subaru Outback being pursued by New York City Police Department officers ran a red light and struck him at East Houston and Clinton streets on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Ullah had no connection to the driver, the attempted traffic stop or the police pursuit.
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The encounter began at approximately 10:00 p.m. when NYPD officers attempted to stop the Subaru as it traveled east on East Houston Street. Prosecutors later established that police initiated the stop because the driver was speeding and committing other traffic violations. The driver continued driving away at high speed, and NYPD officers pursued through traffic on East Houston Street.
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Surveillance video subsequently obtained from businesses along the route documented the pursuit. The Subaru weaved around traffic as it approached the red light at Clinton Street. Ullah was traveling north across East Houston Street on his e-bike with the traffic signal in his favor.
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The Subaru drove through the red light and struck Ullah with tremendous force, throwing him several feet through the air. Video showed an unmarked NYPD vehicle immediately behind the Subaru with its emergency lights activated. The police vehicle reached the intersection less than a second after the Subaru struck Ullah, providing direct visual evidence that the police pursuit was underway immediately before the fatal collision.
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The pursuing officers stopped at the crash scene while the Subaru continued east on Houston Street and escaped toward the FDR Drive. Ullah suffered severe traumatic injuries and was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he died.
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Initial NYPD public statements described the incident as a hit-and-run and did not disclose that officers had been pursuing the Subaru immediately before it struck Ullah. After surveillance footage emerged, an NYPD spokesperson said the circumstances preceding the collision were under review. Additional video subsequently obtained by Streetsblog provided a wider view of the Subaru and pursuing police vehicle immediately before and after the collision.
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The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation opened a review because of the NYPD’s involvement in the events preceding Ullah’s death. The Attorney General later closed its review after determining that the evidence did not establish that a police officer legally caused Ullah’s death.
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The NYPD subsequently included Ullah’s death in its official 2021 Use of Force Report. The department categorized the 07/08/2021 incident as “Fleeing Subject – 7th Precinct,” identified the deceased as a 24-year-old Asian man, and stated that officers attempted a vehicle stop for a traffic infraction before the vehicle fled.
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The driver was eventually identified and arrested months later. A Manhattan grand jury indictment confirmed the pursuit chronology that had initially been absent from the NYPD’s public account: officers attempted to stop the Subaru for speeding and other traffic violations, the driver fled at high speed and weaved through traffic, and the Subaru ran the red light at East Houston and Clinton streets and killed Ullah.
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The driver was indicted on charges including second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death without reporting, reckless endangerment, aggravated unlicensed operation and reckless driving. The criminal case ultimately resulted in a New York County Supreme Court judgment on 05/12/2023. An appeal from that judgment remained active in 2026, when the Appellate Division extended the time to perfect the appeal to its September 2026 term.
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Borkot was a Bangladeshi immigrant who worked as an app-based food delivery worker and sent money home to his family in Bangladesh. He was also a member of Desis Rising Up and Moving, a New York organization representing working-class South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrants. He had not originally planned to work that evening but began making deliveries at approximately 8:00 p.m.
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His death prompted delivery workers, immigrant-rights advocates and members of the Bangladeshi community to demand an investigation of both the hit-and-run driver and the NYPD pursuit. Delivery workers later gathered for a memorial vigil, where community members specifically demanded disclosure of why police pursued the vehicle and accountability for the decisions that preceded Ullah’s death.
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Ullah’s family and community organized assistance to return his body to Bangladesh for burial and support his family following his death.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The NYPD officers who attempted the traffic stop and pursued the Subaru immediately before it struck Borkot Ullah have not been publicly identified.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/09/hit-and-run-driver-kills-cyclist-on-east-houston
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/12/exclusive-new-video-from-crash-shows-police-chase-led-to-death-of-delivery-cyclist-borkot-ullah/
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/12/cops-wont-comment-on-police-chase-that-may-have-led-to-death-of-delivery-cyclist
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/07/30/delivery-and-immigrant-communities-protest-death-of-working-cyclist-during-police-chase
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/12/16/driver-charged-for-killing-delivery-worker-borkot-ullah-as-he-fled-cops/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lower-east-side-e-bike-hit-and-run/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/delivery-worker-borkot-ullah-killed-in-manhattan-hit-and-run-bangladesh/
https://abc7ny.com/east-village-hit-and-run-e-bike-borkot-ullah-subaru-outback/10873859/
https://www.amny.com/news/two-people-dead-in-separate-hit-and-runs-in-manhattan-and-queens-nypd/
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/police-pursuits/
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/use-of-force/use-of-force-2021.pdf
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/reports/osi-2022-annual-report.pdf
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/08/2021, 44-year-old Christopher Lawrence Seay of Henrico died from injuries sustained the previous afternoon when his Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed and overturned during a Henrico County Police pursuit near Richmond International Airport. Seay was ejected from the Jeep and hospitalized with life-threatening injuries before his death was announced the following day.
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The encounter began shortly before 3:00 p.m. on 07/07/2021 at Eubank and Lewis roads. A Henrico police officer stopped Seay after observing a traffic violation. Police did not publicly specify the traffic violation in the available contemporary accounts. Seay initially stopped and interacted with the officer.
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According to Henrico police, Seay did not have identification and provided the officer with a false name, Social Security number and date of birth. After checking the information, the officer determined that Seay was not the person he claimed to be. The officer instructed Seay to put the Jeep in park and turn off the engine. Seay then drove away.
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The Henrico officer pursued Seay east on Williamsburg Road. The pursuit continued for approximately one mile toward the Richmond International Airport area.
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At Williamsburg Road and Airport Drive, police said Seay entered the intersection against a red traffic signal and collided with a sedan. The impact caused Seay's Jeep to overturn multiple times, ejecting him from the vehicle.
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Seay was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the sedan suffered injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Seay subsequently died from his injuries, and Henrico police announced his death on 07/08/2021.
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Police subsequently determined that Seay had active warrants in Chesterfield County for a probation violation stemming from a previous felony-eluding offense. Those warrants were discovered after the traffic stop and pursuit began; the initiating reason for the stop was the traffic violation observed by the Henrico officer.
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The Henrico Police Crash Team investigated the fatal collision. The department also included vehicular pursuits in its formal 2021 reporting and analysis of pursuit incidents.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Henrico County police officer who stopped and pursued Christopher Lawrence Seay has not been publicly identified.

https://www.12onyourside.com/2021/07/08/police-driver-dies-injuries-following-chase-crash-henrico/
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/christopher-lawrence-seay-dead-police-chase-crash-near-ric
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/07/police-man-dies-in-crash-after-fleeing-traffic-stop/
https://henrico.gov/police/crimestatistics/public-data/

On July 7, 2021, deputies from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office responded to a domestic violence incident at No. 1 Entrada Capulin in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Edward Daniel Santana, 45, allegedly stabbed his mother, Delia Cervantes, 67, multiple times. Deputies found Santana standing on a patio holding a fence post. He reportedly walked toward them "in an aggressive manner" and ignored commands to stop. One deputy deployed a Taser, but another deputy shot and killed Santana.

• https://www.koat.com/article/nmsp-authorities-shot-man-who-murdered-mother/37184230
• https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/video-shows-moments-after-nm-man-stabs-mother/
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-man-shot-santa-fe-150600665.html

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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/07/2021, 22-year-old Vernell F. Muhammad was killed after an Indiana State Police traffic stop developed into an approximately 20-mile pursuit on Interstate 94 across northwest Indiana. Muhammad’s Ford Focus ultimately crashed into the rear of a semi-truck near Mile Marker 18.5 in Porter County. Muhammad was ejected and died from his injuries.
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At approximately 8:57 a.m., an Indiana State Police trooper stopped Muhammad’s silver 2012 Ford Focus on eastbound Interstate 94 near Mile Marker 40 in La Porte County. Police alleged that Muhammad had committed several traffic violations, specifically following another vehicle too closely and speeding through an active construction zone where workers were present.
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During the stop, the trooper checked Muhammad’s information and discovered active felony warrants from La Porte County. Contemporary reporting described the warrants as involving domestic battery and strangulation allegations. The warrants therefore were discovered during the stop and were not the original reason the trooper stopped Muhammad.
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The trooper attempted to take Muhammad into custody. Police reported that Muhammad remained inside the Ford, drove away and entered Interstate 94 westbound. Indiana State Police pursued him west toward Porter County.
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The pursuit continued for nearly 20 miles. During the chase, police positioned stop sticks along the interstate in an attempt to stop Muhammad. He maneuvered around the stop sticks and continued westbound on I-94.
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Near Mile Marker 18.5 in the Burns Harbor area, Muhammad’s Ford crashed into the rear of a semi-truck traveling west on Interstate 94. The collision ejected Muhammad from the Ford.
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Muhammad suffered severe injuries and was transported by helicopter for emergency medical treatment. He was subsequently pronounced dead. Local reporting stated that Muhammad died at a Chicago hospital. The semi-truck driver survived the collision.
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The fatal crash shut down westbound Interstate 94 for approximately two hours while investigators reconstructed the collision. Burns Harbor police, Portage police, the Lake County Aviation Section, Portage Fire Department and the Indiana Department of Transportation assisted Indiana State Police following the crash.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Indiana State Police trooper who stopped Vernell F. Muhammad and initiated the pursuit has not been publicly identified.

https://www.abc57.com/news/driver-with-la-porte-county-warrants-dies-after-chase-crash
https://hometownnewsnow.com/local-news/580260

On 07/07/2021, 41-year-old Victor Alexander Demarest was killed when a Dodge Charger being followed by Killeen Police Department officers crashed into the Chevrolet Equinox he was driving on Elms Road. The impact pushed Demarest’s Equinox into a Chevrolet Silverado traveling in the opposite direction.
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At approximately 9:00 a.m., a Killeen patrol officer observed a blue Dodge Charger traveling at a high rate of speed. The officer turned around to conduct a traffic stop but lost sight of the Charger around W.S. Young Drive and Stan Schlueter Loop.
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A second Killeen patrol officer subsequently saw the Charger traveling north on Trimmier Road. The Charger stopped at the red light at Trimmier and Elms roads, but its driver then drove through the red light, cut through traffic and accelerated west on Elms Road. The second officer continued west on Elms behind the Charger.
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The second officer lost sight of the Charger as it continued west. According to Killeen police, the officer then saw a cloud of dust and debris from the collision ahead.
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Demarest was driving a silver Chevrolet Equinox and was exiting a private drive onto Elms Road when the Charger struck the driver’s side of his vehicle. The force of the collision propelled the Equinox into a black Chevrolet Silverado traveling east on Elms Road.
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A witness, Timothy Hogan, said Demarest had just completed a grocery delivery. Hogan reported seeing Demarest thrown from the vehicle by the force of the collision while still restrained by his seat belt. Hogan helped police free Demarest from the belt and perform CPR.
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Demarest was transported to Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in critical condition. He died from his injuries and was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke, approximately two hours after the collision.
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The two people traveling in the Charger and the driver of the Silverado were also transported to hospitals. Demarest was the only person killed.
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Killeen police initially withheld Demarest’s identity while notifying his family and publicly identified him as Victor Alexander Demarest on 07/09/2021.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The two Killeen Police Department patrol officers involved in the attempted stop and pursuit have not been publicly identified.
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https://www.fox44news.com/news/latest-news/killeen-police-chase-leads-to-three-vehicle-crash-one-thrown-from-vehicle/
https://killeenpdnews.com/2021/07/07/killeen-police-investigate-a-crash-fatality-on-elms/
https://killeenpdnews.com/2021/07/09/killeen-police-identify-victim-from-crash-fatality/
https://www.kwtx.com/2021/07/09/police-identify-man-killed-crash-involving-dodge-whose-driver-was-fleeing-local-officers/
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/killeen-police-identify-victim-in-fatal-multi-vehicle-crash
https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/major-vehicle-collision-shuts-down-part-of-elms-road-in-killeen

On 07/07/2021, deputies responded to a call near Anthony Drive and Randolph Lane in Patrick Springs and encountered James Grady Dillon. During the confrontation deputies opened fire and killed Dillon. He was 45. The Virginia State Police investigated the shooting and released limited details about the immediate sequence leading to the gunfire.

https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/08/police-identify-man-killed-in-patrick-county-officer-involved-shooting/
https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-killed-in-patrick-county-shooting/article_9d1ab9d8-dff0-11eb-8e59-1f0f65a1f5a.html
https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/07/08/state-police-investigating-patrick-county-shooting/

On 07/07/2021, deputies attempted to serve warrants at 207 White Plains Road in Gaffney and encountered Robert Lee Crocker. During the encounter deputies opened fire and killed Crocker. He was 35. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigated and authorities provided limited detail regarding the immediate actions preceding the shooting.

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/deputies-involved-in-deadly-shooting-in-cherokee-county/
https://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/deputies-shoot-kill-man-while-serving-warrants/article_5bcb6c6e-df2f-11eb-8dc0-1fa7e92e4df4.html
https://www.wyff4.com/article/cherokee-county-deputies-shooting-investigation/36968740

On July 7, 2021, at approximately 2:44 a.m., officers from the Medford Police Department responded to a business alarm at the Allergy and Asthma Center located at 3860 Crater Lake Avenue in Medford, Oregon. Upon arrival, officers discovered evidence of forced entry and organized a standoff. At approximately 3:05 a.m., 34-year-old Jerry Allen Gunter exited the building and advanced toward officers while armed with a knife. In response, Officers Levi Moffit and Cody Walker discharged their firearms, fatally wounding Gunter. A grand jury later reviewed the footage and evidence, concluding that the officers' use of deadly force was justified under Oregon law.

https://ktvl.com/news/local/grand-jury-finds-mpd-officers-justified-in-july-officer-involved-shooting
https://ktvl.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-in-medford-07-07-2021
https://www.medfordoregon.gov/News-Articles/Officer-Involved-Shooting
https://kobi5.com/news/police-justified-in-medford-officer-involved-shooting-prosecutors-say-164090/
https://cdn.kobi5.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Media-Release-Jerry-Gunter.pdf?x23291=

On 07/06/2021, Carterville police responded to a report of a man with a gun outside a residence on Dobson Street. Officers encountered Joseph D. McGrath outside his home. According to reporting, McGrath was holding a shotgun during the encounter. Police stated that McGrath raised the firearm. Officers engaged McGrath and opened fire, killing him at the scene. McGrath was 52 years old. Authorities released limited information about commands given, distance, or de-escalation efforts prior to police opening fire. The investigation into the police shooting was reported as pending at the time of coverage.

https://www.kfvs12.com/2021/07/06/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-carterville-ill/

On July 6, 2021, a 32-year-old man named Steven Adam Calderon of Los Angeles died following a prolonged standoff with law enforcement in Paso Robles, California. Earlier the day before, officers had been called to an apartment complex around 4 p.m. after reports that Calderon had fired a weapon from a balcony, threatened a woman with a gun, and pointed a firearm at his girlfriend. He barricaded himself inside the residence while armed. The San Luis Obispo Regional SWAT team was activated for the high-risk situation. After several hours of negotiation and multiple shots fired by him at officers or their armored vehicle, Calderon emerged early the next morning and set his gun down. He then allegedly reached toward the firearm while on the porch and was shot and fatally wounded by SWAT officers.

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/police-release-name-of-man-killed-in-paso-robles-officer-involved-shooting
https://pasoroblesdailynews.com/police-chief-holds-press-conference-regarding-police-shooting-suspect/128839/

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Stolen vehicle suspected in several nonviolent business thefts. Minneapolis Police Officer Brian Cummings saw a Kia Sportage matching the description of a stolen vehicle police believed had been used in several business thefts. Cummings attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued driving away and Cummings pursued through North Minneapolis.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/06/2021, 40-year-old Leneal Lamont Frazier of St. Paul was killed when Minneapolis Police Officer Brian Cummings ran a red light at high speed during a police pursuit and crashed his marked squad car into the driver’s side of Frazier’s Jeep at North Lyndale Avenue and 41st Avenue North. Frazier was an uninvolved motorist and had no connection to the stolen Kia or the theft investigation.
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The pursuit began shortly after midnight when Cummings saw the Kia Sportage and attempted to stop it. The Kia continued north and Cummings pursued with his emergency lights and siren activated. The chase continued for more than 20 blocks through North Minneapolis, including residential streets with a posted speed limit of 25 mph.
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Cummings pursued at speeds approaching 100 mph through numerous stop signs, red lights and intersections where buildings and other obstructions restricted visibility. Immediately before reaching 41st Avenue North, Cummings was traveling approximately 90 mph. Investigators calculated that at that speed his squad car required approximately 337 feet to stop.
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Frazier was traveling west on 41st Avenue North and entered the intersection on a green traffic signal. The pursued Kia entered against a red light at nearly 100 mph and narrowly passed in front of Frazier’s Jeep. Cummings entered the same intersection against the red light immediately afterward.
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Cummings struck the driver’s side of Frazier’s Jeep at approximately 78 mph. Crash reconstruction based on data from the squad car and surveillance video estimated that Frazier was traveling approximately 25 mph. Investigators concluded that Cummings failed to operate his police vehicle with due regard for the safety of other motorists.
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The collision forced Frazier’s Jeep from the intersection. Cummings’ squad vehicle also struck another uninvolved vehicle. Frazier suffered multiple blunt-force injuries and died from the crash. Cummings and another motorist were injured.
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Frazier was a father of six and a grandfather. He was also the uncle of Darnella Frazier, whose cellphone recording of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd in 2020 became central evidence in Chauvin’s murder prosecution. Frazier’s family described another fatal encounter with Minneapolis police only a little more than a year after Darnella witnessed and recorded Floyd’s death as another profound trauma for the family.
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Frazier’s family immediately questioned why police had conducted a pursuit approaching 100 mph through residential streets. His relatives and attorneys called for both a criminal investigation of Cummings and civil accountability from the City of Minneapolis.
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The Minnesota State Patrol investigated the fatal collision. On 10/22/2021, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged Cummings with second-degree manslaughter and criminal vehicular homicide. Prosecutors alleged that Cummings drove with gross negligence by continuing a near-100-mph pursuit through residential neighborhoods and entering the intersection against a red light.
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Cummings pleaded guilty on 04/27/2023 to criminal vehicular homicide. The second-degree manslaughter charge was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. On 07/12/2023, Cummings was sentenced to 270 days in the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility and three years of probation.
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The man prosecutors later accused of driving the pursued Kia, James Jeremiah Jones-Drain, was charged with fleeing police resulting in death and vehicle theft. On 08/25/2023, prosecutors dismissed those charges, stating that they could not prove all of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Frazier’s family filed a federal wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit against Minneapolis in 2024. The lawsuit alleged that dangerous MPD pursuits were disproportionately conducted in Black neighborhoods and that the city had failed to control a pattern of hazardous pursuits, including Cummings’ repeated high-speed chases. In November 2025, the Minneapolis City Council approved a $475,000 settlement with Frazier’s family.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Brian Cummings had an extensive history of high-speed police pursuits before killing Frazier. The Frazier family’s federal lawsuit alleged that Cummings participated in at least 12 high-speed pursuits during 2021 alone, including the fatal July pursuit, accounting for approximately 10% of all Minneapolis police chases that year. The lawsuit alleged that he had not been disciplined for those pursuits.
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One month before Frazier’s death, Cummings conducted another pursuit on North Second Street in which he reached approximately 102 mph. Court filings later showed that Cummings received no negative supervisory feedback or discipline for that chase. His defense later cited the lack of prior discipline to argue that he believed his pursuit practices complied with department policy.
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The Frazier lawsuit also alleged that during another approximately three-mile pursuit Cummings ran eight stop signs, exceeded 100 mph and reported a substantially lower speed to his supervisor. The lawsuit argued that Minneapolis police supervisors knew of Cummings’ repeated high-speed pursuits but failed to intervene before Frazier was killed. These allegations were raised in civil litigation and were not separate criminal convictions against Cummings.
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Cummings’ employment with the Minneapolis Police Department ended after he was criminally charged in connection with Frazier’s death. He subsequently pleaded guilty to felony criminal vehicular homicide.
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DISPOSITION:
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Brian Cummings pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 270 days in the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility followed by three years of probation. The manslaughter charge was dismissed under the plea agreement. Charges accusing James Jeremiah Jones-Drain of fleeing police resulting in Frazier’s death and vehicle theft were later dismissed because prosecutors said they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Minneapolis subsequently agreed to pay Frazier’s family $475,000 to settle the federal civil lawsuit arising from his death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Leneal_Frazier
https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-minneapolis-homicide-darnella-frazier-32799b3d2569acef76372d812ac1b573
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/charges-dropped-against-man-accused-of-fleeing-police-in-a-high-speed-chase-that-killed-leneal-frazier/
https://www.startribune.com/charges-dropped-against-man-accused-of-being-driver-in-police-chase-that-killed-bystander/600299794/
https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/minneapolis-cop-charged-vehicular-homicide-fatal-crash
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/family-of-leneal-frazier-sues-minneapolis-for-his-death-in-2021-police-chase/

Officers responded to a call where a woman reported being assaulted by a man inside an apartment. When officers entered to arrest the man, a struggle broke out between one officer and the man. A second man, reportedly related to the man, intervened and began struggling with the officer as well. During the fight, one of the men allegedly tried to grab the officer’s gun, causing it to discharge. A second officer shot and killed Jose Benitez-Vasquez.
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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/07/07/suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-southeast-houston-police-say/ 

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Armed-robbery investigation and erratic driving. Wichita police were investigating an armed robbery at a hotel in the 7500 block of West Taft and had taken one person connected to the investigation into custody near Maple and Ridge. Police were looking for a pickup truck that had left the area and was associated with the robbery investigation. At 4:59:16 p.m., a Wichita police officer saw the pickup driven by Javan Jermaine Ervin traveling erratically on Ridge Road. Thirteen seconds later, at 4:59:29 p.m., the officer pulled onto Ridge Road and began pursuing the truck. A police supervisor ordered the pursuit terminated 35 seconds later because of Ervin's speed and traffic conditions. The officer complied and turned around 13 seconds after the termination order.
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OFFICIAL NARRATIVE:
On 07/06/2021, 22-year-old Samantha Lee Russell of Derby was killed when a pickup truck that Wichita police had been pursuing crashed into her Mazda CX-3 at Central Avenue and Ridge Road. Russell, who was 33 weeks pregnant, was waiting to make a left turn when the truck struck her vehicle. Doctors delivered her son, Mac, approximately 35 minutes after the collision. He survived.
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The police encounter originated with an armed-robbery investigation at a hotel in the 7500 block of West Taft. Police located one man connected to the investigation near Maple and Ridge and took him into custody. Javan Jermaine Ervin drove away in a pickup truck. At 4:59:16 p.m., a Wichita officer saw Ervin driving erratically on Ridge Road. At 4:59:29 p.m., the officer pulled onto Ridge and began pursuing the truck.
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Ervin accelerated and began creating distance between his truck and the pursuing officer. At 5:00:04 p.m., only 35 seconds after the pursuit began, a police supervisor ordered the officer to terminate the chase because of Ervin's speed and traffic conditions. At 5:00:17 p.m., the officer made a U-turn and headed back toward the robbery investigation.
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Ervin continued north on Ridge Road after police terminated the pursuit. At Central Avenue, he approached a red traffic signal at high speed. Samantha was southbound on Ridge in her Mazda, waiting at the intersection to turn east onto Central.
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Ervin drove through the red light and struck multiple vehicles. The collision sent his pickup over the median and airborne into Samantha's Mazda with enough force to shear away the upper portion of her vehicle. Ervin's truck rolled for more than 300 feet, and its rear axle and wheels were torn from the vehicle and thrown into another car. A responding officer later described the crash scene as “total destruction.”
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The first 911 call reporting the collision reached emergency dispatch at 5:01:01 p.m., 44 seconds after the pursuing officer had turned around and 57 seconds after the supervisor ordered the pursuit terminated. The entire sequence from the officer beginning the pursuit to the first crash call lasted one minute and 32 seconds.
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Samantha suffered catastrophic injuries and was transported to Wesley Medical Center. She was 33 weeks pregnant with her first child. Her son Mac was delivered by emergency Cesarean section approximately 35 minutes after the collision. Court records later established that Mac was delivered one minute after Samantha arrived in the trauma bay and that Samantha was pronounced dead three minutes later.
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Mac survived but suffered oxygen deprivation associated with the crash and emergency delivery. Samantha's husband, Brandon Russell, later said that Mac experienced developmental delays as a result. At Ervin's 2023 trial, Mac—then approaching his second birthday—attended court with his father and maternal grandmother.
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Samantha was born on Christmas Day 1998 in Sacile, Italy, to Rogelio and Lischen Castorena. She graduated from high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in 2017 and married Brandon Russell on 11/08/2019. Brandon served in the U.S. Air Force. The couple had recently purchased a house and were preparing for Mac's expected birth on 08/13/2021.
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Samantha worked as a Realtor with JPAR in Derby and also created and sold hand-stamped jewelry. Her family described her as highly creative; she enjoyed cooking, baking, jewelry-making and other crafts and was constantly working on new projects. Her husband said she was extraordinarily excited about becoming a mother.
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Ervin escaped from the wrecked pickup through its windshield and ran from the crash scene. Police later found him hiding in the clubhouse of a nearby apartment complex and arrested him. Investigators recovered two 9 mm handguns from the pickup. Video evidence presented at his later trial included police body-camera footage, cameras along the pursuit route and cameras at the intersection that recorded the fatal collision.
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Wichita police asked the Kansas Highway Patrol to investigate the fatal collision because Wichita officers had participated in the events preceding the crash. KHP determined that Ervin had been traveling north on Ridge at high speed and entered the Central Avenue intersection against the red light.
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Ervin's first trial ended in a mistrial in April 2023 after a juror improperly shared information obtained from news reports with other jurors. A second jury convicted Ervin in June 2023 of first-degree felony murder, alternative second-degree murder, reckless aggravated battery, fleeing or attempting to elude police, criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and driving with a suspended license.
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Ervin was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed his convictions to the Kansas Supreme Court. On 04/11/2025, the court affirmed his convictions, finding no reversible error. The court's published decision provides a detailed reconstruction of the pursuit, collision, physical evidence and video evidence presented at trial.
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Five years after Samantha's death, her father, Roger Castorena, continued maintaining a memorial he built for her. He described his daughter as creative, hardworking and entrepreneurial and said that becoming a mother and wife had been central to what she wanted from her life. The memorial was also intended to give Mac a tangible connection to the mother he never had the opportunity to know.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Wichita Police Department officer who pursued Ervin on Ridge Road has not been publicly identified in the contemporary reporting, subsequent trial coverage or Kansas Supreme Court decision. The documented pursuit timeline establishes that a Wichita police supervisor ordered the officer to terminate the pursuit 35 seconds after it began and that the officer complied, making a U-turn 13 seconds later.
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DISPOSITION:
Javan Jermaine Ervin was convicted of first-degree felony murder and multiple related offenses arising from the pursuit and crash that killed Samantha Russell. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed his convictions on 04/11/2025.

1. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-critically-injured-in-west-wichita-vehicle-crash/
2. https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/man-convicted-in-crash-that-killed-pregnant-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
3. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-father-celebrates-birth-of-his-son-while-mourning-his-22-year-old-wife-killed-in-crash-following-chase/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229303430/samantha_lee-russell

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Failure to use a turn signal. LMPD Officer Benjamin Sullivan, with Officer Joseph Nett riding in the passenger seat of an unmarked police vehicle, began following a black Ford sedan driven by Larry Williams. Sullivan later testified that he initially noticed the vehicle and its Black driver based on a “gut feeling” while working a violent-crime detail. After Williams made a right turn from West Oak Street onto Dr. W.J. Hodge Street without signaling, Sullivan activated his emergency equipment to conduct a traffic stop. Williams accelerated away and Sullivan pursued him, although LMPD policy restricted pursuits for minor traffic violations.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/06/2021, 22-year-old Trevon Lanel Mitchell of Jeffersonville, Indiana, was killed while riding his moped when a Ford sedan being pursued by Louisville Metro Police Officer Benjamin Sullivan entered the intersection of West Broadway and Dr. W.J. Hodge Street at approximately 90 mph, crashed into other vehicles and struck Mitchell. Mitchell was an uninvolved road user and had no connection to Williams or the police encounter.
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Shortly before 9:00 p.m., Sullivan was driving an unmarked LMPD vehicle on Dixie Highway with Nett as his partner. Sullivan noticed Williams' black Ford sedan, which had a tinted windshield. Sullivan later testified that seeing the Black driver's elbow extending from the window contributed to his interest in the vehicle and that he had a “gut feeling” the driver was the type of person police were looking for while working the violent-crime detail.
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Sullivan and Nett followed the Ford. Dash-camera footage later showed Williams make a right turn without using a turn signal. Sullivan activated his emergency lights and siren. Williams accelerated away and Sullivan followed. The pursuit traveled along the residential corridor toward West Broadway, with the Ford reaching approximately 80 to 90 mph.
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The pursuit was initiated over the turn-signal violation even though LMPD's pursuit policy prohibited officers from initiating pursuits solely for minor traffic offenses. Sullivan later said that after Williams accelerated away, he believed the Ford might be stolen, but the vehicle had not been established as stolen when Sullivan initiated the encounter.
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LMPD terminated the pursuit shortly before Williams reached Broadway, but Williams was already approaching the intersection at extreme speed. Williams entered West Broadway against a red traffic signal and crashed into multiple vehicles.
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Williams first crashed into a vehicle carrying Walter Jackson and Brent Bernier. The Ford then struck Mitchell's moped. Mitchell's friend Aidan Colmore was following him on another moped and witnessed the collision. Another vehicle carrying John Robinson was also struck during the crash sequence.
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Mitchell suffered catastrophic injuries and was transported to University of Louisville Hospital, where he died. He was three days short of his 23rd birthday.
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Williams left the crashed Ford and ran from the scene. Investigators subsequently identified him through surveillance video. Police arrested him approximately six weeks later and charged him with murder, assault and other offenses arising from the pursuit and fatal collision.
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Mitchell was born on 07/09/1998 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He attended Jeffersonville High School and was attending Ivy Tech Community College. His family said he loved animals and skateboarding. His grandmother Danita Mitchell later said he had been preparing to enter military service.
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The circumstances of the police pursuit became the subject of extensive civil litigation. Mitchell's estate and people injured in the collision alleged that Sullivan violated LMPD policy by pursuing Williams for a minor traffic violation and that the police pursuit contributed to the fatal crash.
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The litigation also exposed an initial error concerning the pursuing officer's identity. The original LMPD traffic collision report incorrectly identified Officer Timothy Nett as the officer driving the police vehicle. An amended report subsequently identified Benjamin Sullivan as the driver and Joseph Nett as the officer riding with him.
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For approximately a year after Mitchell's death, Sullivan disputed that his actions constituted a pursuit. The original police report had described the encounter as a pursuit, but Sullivan told an LMPD investigator that he had not pursued Williams. In a 2022 civil deposition, after reviewing video and LMPD's pursuit policy, Sullivan acknowledged that it had been a pursuit and said he wished he had never attempted the stop.
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LMPD's Professional Standards Unit subsequently investigated Sullivan's actions. The investigation determined that Sullivan violated department pursuit policy and body-camera procedures. On 04/19/2023, LMPD imposed a two-day, 16-hour unpaid suspension for the violations. Louisville Police Merit Board records confirm the discipline.
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In November 2023, Mitchell's estate and other people affected by the collision took their civil claims against Sullivan and Williams to trial. Evidence included security-camera and police video documenting the pursuit and crash. The plaintiffs argued that Sullivan never should have initiated the pursuit because Williams' failure to signal did not satisfy LMPD's requirements for a police chase.
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The jury awarded approximately $30.7 million in damages and apportioned 97% of the responsibility to Williams and 3% to Sullivan. The Jefferson Circuit Court subsequently granted a partial new trial limited to the allocation of responsibility. The continuing litigation later reached the Kentucky Court of Appeals in a dispute involving former LMPD Chief Erika Shields' deposition; in May 2025, the appellate court affirmed the orders requiring Shields to testify.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Benjamin Sullivan was a rookie LMPD officer when he initiated the pursuit that killed Mitchell. Sullivan was working a special violent-crime detail with Officer Joseph Nett when he noticed Williams' vehicle. Sullivan testified that before observing the turn-signal violation, his interest in the Black driver arose from a “gut feeling” that the driver was the type of person police were trying to apprehend.
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Sullivan's documented disciplinary outcome from the Mitchell pursuit was a two-day unpaid suspension imposed in April 2023. LMPD found violations of SOP 12.1 governing pursuits and SOP 4.31.6 governing body-camera procedures.
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The later civil trial also examined LMPD's handling of Sullivan after the crash. Sullivan initially maintained that the encounter was not a pursuit despite the original police report describing it as one. The Professional Standards investigation eventually concluded that he had violated pursuit policy.
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Sullivan remained employed by LMPD after the suspension. Subsequent reporting found that he continued working as a police officer and received department commendations after the fatal pursuit.
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DISPOSITION:
Larry Williams was arrested approximately six weeks after Mitchell's death and prosecuted for the fatal collision. The subsequent civil case produced a jury award of approximately $30.7 million, with the jury initially assigning 97% of responsibility to Williams and 3% to Officer Benjamin Sullivan. The trial court later ordered a partial new trial limited to apportionment of responsibility. LMPD separately suspended Sullivan for two days without pay for violating pursuit and body-camera policies.

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/louisville-lmpd-crash-trevon-mitchell-chase-broadway-hodge/417-0c0c1f3b-6a7a-460d-bef1-d3aa3950ea2e
https://louisville-accident-lawyer.com/blog/one-killed-in-louisville-ky-moped-crash/
https://www.wave3.com/2021/08/12/victims-deadly-broadway-crash-sue-lmpd-officer/
https://www.wave3.com/2021/08/18/man-arrested-after-traffic-stop-leads-deadly-crash/
https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-man-charged-with-murder-weeks-after-fatal-crash/article_b0da8fcc-005c-11ec-862e-8bb86293d003.html
https://www.wlky.com/article/lawsuit-accuses-lmpd-officer-of-not-following-car-pursuit-policy-in-deadly-july-collision/37297132
https://www.wave3.com/2023/12/05/jury-awards-31-million-lmpd-police-chase-trial/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-pursuits-race-deaths/
https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/court-of-appeals/2025/2023-ca-1202-mr.html
https://louisvilleky.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/PMB%204-21-23.docx_.pdf
https://www.scottfuneralhome.com/obituary/Trevon-Mitchell

On July 6, 2021, at approximately 6:01 a.m., Danville Police Department officers responded to a domestic disturbance at the Super 8 Motel located at 3663 South Danville Bypass in Danville, Kentucky. Upon arrival, officers encountered 33-year-old Shelby Ray Hardin, who was holding his mother hostage at knifepoint. Officer Kyle Lyons opened fire, killing Hardin. The Kentucky State Police conducted the investigation.

https://www.amnews.com/2021/07/15/ksp-releases-information-on-police-involved-shooting/
https://www.clayconews.com/news/18246-ksp-investigating-an-officer-involved-fatal-shooting-where-a-man-holding-his-mother-hostage-was-killed
 

On 07/06/2021, Anne Arundel County police officers responded to a call at 1448 Stoney Point Way in Curtis Bay, Maryland, following a protective order hearing. Earlier, a protective order against Baltimore Police Officer Eric Banks Jr. was denied on June 25, but a second petition was granted at 3 p.m. on the same day. Officers found Dasan "DJ" Jones unresponsive in a hole in the wall with a white cover leaning on it, located upstairs in a loft area of the residence. DJ was discovered to have been strangled. Officer Eric Banks Jr., who was DJ's stepfather, was charged with second-degree murder, attempted disarming of a police officer, and child abuse resulting in death after the incident.
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https://news.maryland.gov/msp/2021/07/12/update-state-police-release-identity-of-deceased-in-shooting-investigation-in-cecil-co/
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/jonathan-balchunas-killed-domestic-incident-cecil-county/
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/chesapeake-ridge-lane-north-east-cecil-county-investigation/36992322
https://apnews.com/article/fires-police-cd27c711a9fe726c7eb29b4efa87b2b2
https://firststateupdate.com/2021/07/maryland-troopers-update-fatal-officer-involved-shooting/

On 07/05/2021, the Le Center Police Department and Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office responded to a call after a woman reported she was assaulted and strangled by Michael Lee Elie. A standoff started around 9: 20 p.m. Two children, ages 12 and 4, were still hiding in the house. Police talked to Elie on the phone, but he refused to come outside. They convinced him to let the children leave the home. Officers breached the home at around 7: 15 a.m. and found Elie dead with a self-inflicted gunshot.

https://www.fox9.com/news/sheriff-le-center-standoff-with-suspected-domestic-abuser-ends-in-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound
https://www.southernminnesotanews.com/sheriff-incident-that-closed-area-in-le-center-resolved/
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/man-shot-himself-during-standoff-with-police-deputies-in-southern-mn

On July 5th, 2021, at approximately 11:08 a.m., San Antonio Police responded to a report of shots fired at 234 Noria, where a man with two guns reportedly shot at a reporter and cameraman. Officers later located Eduardo Mendez Amezquita at 322 Noria, where he had forced his way into an occupied home and threatened to kill the occupants while physically assaulting one of them. Negotiators spent four hours attempting to communicate with Amezquita, who threatened to burn down the house. At approximately 3 p.m., Amezquita exited the home, armed with a pistol, and was shot and killed by five officers around 3:17 p.m.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dzAFLbLdE950DPubSveoTwXFY6mMf1jP/view 

On 07/05/2021, CHP officers initiated a vehicle pursuit that began in the Pasadena area and ended in downtown Los Angeles when the fleeing driver rammed a patrol car. The driver was shot by officers following the crash and died at the scene. The circumstances around the ramming and the subsequent use of force are under investigation.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/driver-shot-chase-pursuit-downtown-la-pasadena-chp/2631648/

REASON FOR CHASE: San Antonio police pursued the F-150 driver after officers responding to reported gunfire said they heard additional shots coming from the truck.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/04/2021, an unidentified man in his early 20s was killed while driving a Ford F-150 pursued by San Antonio Police Department officers in San Antonio, Texas. His male passenger, also in his early 20s, and an uninvolved man driving a Chevrolet Equinox were also killed.
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At approximately 2:00 a.m., San Antonio police responded near North St. Mary's Street and East Martin Street to reports of gunfire. Police reported hearing additional gunshots coming from the F-150 and attempted to stop it. The driver continued away from police.
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The F-150 traveled the wrong direction on the Interstate 35 frontage road and entered southbound I-35 through the McCullough Avenue exit ramp, traveling north against traffic.
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At approximately 2:20 a.m., the F-150 collided head-on with an uninvolved Chevrolet Equinox near the I-35/U.S. 281 interchange. The F-150 driver, his passenger and the Equinox driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police reported that one of the two men in the F-150 may also have sustained a gunshot wound. Contemporary reporting did not specify whether that person was the driver or passenger.
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The 07/04/2021 Bexar County FARS police-related fatality corresponds with this independently documented San Antonio Police Department pursuit crash.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The San Antonio Police Department officer(s) involved in the attempted stop and pursuit were not publicly identified.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/04/3-people-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-i-35-san-antonio-police-say/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/3-killed-in-wrong-way-crash-after-a-shooting-in-16292954.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/SAPD-Head-on-crash-leaves-3-dead-Sunday-morning-16292829.php

REASON FOR CHASE: San Antonio police pursued the F-150 in which the deceased was a passenger after officers responding to reported gunfire said they heard additional shots coming from the truck.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/04/2021, an unidentified man in his early 20s was killed while riding as a passenger in a Ford F-150 pursued by San Antonio Police Department officers in San Antonio, Texas. The F-150 driver and an uninvolved man driving a Chevrolet Equinox were also killed.
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At approximately 2:00 a.m., San Antonio police responded near North St. Mary's Street and East Martin Street to reports of gunfire. Police reported hearing additional gunshots coming from the F-150 and attempted to stop it. The driver continued away from police with the deceased riding as his passenger.
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The F-150 traveled the wrong direction on the Interstate 35 frontage road and entered southbound I-35 through the McCullough Avenue exit ramp, traveling north against traffic.
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At approximately 2:20 a.m., the F-150 collided head-on with an uninvolved Chevrolet Equinox near the I-35/U.S. 281 interchange. The passenger, F-150 driver and Equinox driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police reported that one of the two men in the F-150 may also have sustained a gunshot wound. Contemporary reporting did not specify whether that person was the driver or passenger.
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The 07/04/2021 Bexar County FARS police-related fatality corresponds with this independently documented San Antonio Police Department pursuit crash.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The San Antonio Police Department officer(s) involved in the attempted stop and pursuit were not publicly identified.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/04/3-people-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-i-35-san-antonio-police-say/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/3-killed-in-wrong-way-crash-after-a-shooting-in-16292954.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/SAPD-Head-on-crash-leaves-3-dead-Sunday-morning-16292829.php

REASON FOR CHASE: Bystander killed after San Antonio police pursued an F-150 whose occupants were connected by police to reported gunfire.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/04/2021, an unidentified man in his 30s was killed when a Ford F-150 fleeing San Antonio Police Department officers traveled the wrong way on Interstate 35 and crashed head-on into the Chevrolet Equinox he was driving near U.S. 281 in San Antonio, Texas.
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The deceased was completely uninvolved in the police encounter and was traveling in the proper direction on I-35.
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At approximately 2:00 a.m., San Antonio police responded near North St. Mary's Street and East Martin Street to reports of gunfire. Police reported hearing additional gunshots coming from a Ford F-150 occupied by two men and attempted to stop the truck. The F-150 driver continued away from police.
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The fleeing F-150 traveled the wrong direction on the I-35 frontage road and entered southbound Interstate 35 through the McCullough Avenue exit ramp, traveling north against traffic.
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At approximately 2:20 a.m., the F-150 crashed head-on into the bystander's Chevrolet Equinox near the I-35/U.S. 281 interchange. The Equinox driver and both men in the pursued F-150 were pronounced dead at the scene.
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The 07/04/2021 Bexar County FARS police-related fatality corresponds with this independently documented San Antonio Police Department pursuit crash.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The San Antonio Police Department officer(s) involved in the attempted stop and pursuit were not publicly identified.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/04/3-people-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-i-35-san-antonio-police-say/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/3-killed-in-wrong-way-crash-after-a-shooting-in-16292954.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/SAPD-Head-on-crash-leaves-3-dead-Sunday-morning-16292829.php

On 07/04/2021, the Olivia Police Department responded to an incident where around 2: 20 a.m., an "altercation" ensued, and Officer Aaron Clouse shot Ricardo Torres Jr. Police said a shotgun was recovered from near where Torres was shot. Details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld by police.

https://www.inforum.com/news/authorities-id-man-fatally-shot-by-olivia-police-officer-july-4
https://www.fox9.com/news/olivia-police-shooting-ruled-justified-no-criminal-charges-filed
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/no-charges-in-olivia-police-shooting-of-ricardo-torres-jr/
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/man-fatally-shot-by-police-in-olivia-identified-no-bodycam-footage
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/11/19/no-criminal-charges-against-officer-in-fatal-police-shooting-in-olivia-minn
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/ricardo-torres-police-shooting-olivia/
https://www.fox9.com/news/family-friends-identify-man-killed-in-olivia-minn-deadly-police-shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/bca-ricardo-torres-jr-was-fatally-shot-by-olivia-police-officer-aaron-clouse/
https://www.fox9.com/news/deadly-olivia-minnesota-police-shooting-sent-to-county-attorney-for-charging-decision
https://www.startribune.com/bca-confirms-identity-of-man-fatally-shot-by-police-in-olivia/600075609/
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/bca-identifies-man-killed-and-officer-who-fired-weapon-in-deadly-olivia-shooting/89-e1eff148-8e2d-4752-8da1-151a52f3bac7
https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2021/11/20/no-charges-to-be-filed-in-olivia-police-shooting/

On 07/04/2021, officers responded to reports of a disturbance involving Ricardo E. Caraballosa near 425 Bailey Road in Jacksonville. Officers encountered Caraballosa and opened fire during the confrontation, killing him. Authorities released limited details about the actions immediately preceding the shooting. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency was assigned to investigate the killing.

https://www.annistonstar.com/news/local/jacksonville-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/article
https://www.wbrc.com/2021/07/05/jacksonville-police-investigation-shooting/
https://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/2021/07/state-investigating-jacksonville-police-shooting.html

On July 4, 2021, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a Sampson County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a black Mazda 3000 pickup truck at the intersection of Laurel Lake Road and Lakewood School Road in Salemburg, North Carolina. Craig Locklear, 49, was observed in the bed of the truck. As the deputy approached, Locklear raised himself up and pulled a firearm from his pants pocket. Despite repeated commands from the deputy and pleas from two of Locklear’s family members to drop the weapon, Locklear refused and stated he was not going to jail.
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Locklear then pointed the firearm, identified as a Forjas Taurus SA .357 Magnum revolver with six live rounds, at the deputy. In response, the deputy discharged their weapon, fatally striking Locklear. There was no evidence that Locklear fired his weapon. The incident was reviewed by the district attorney, who determined that the deputy’s actions were justified under the circumstances.
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Total Fatalities/Injuries:1 Fatality (Craig Locklear)

https://www.clintonnc.com/news/55087/d-a-deputy-cleared-in-fatal-july-4-shooting
https://wcti12.com/news/local/prosecutor-july-police-involved-shooting-justified
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/da-sampson-county-deputy-justified-in-fatally-shooting-suspect-who-pointed-gun-during-traffic-stop/
https://www.wral.com/story/da-clears-sampson-deputy-in-fatal-shooting-during-traffic-stop/19873875/
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/sheriffs-office-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-pointed-revolver-at-sampson-county-deputy/

Officers from the Tampa Police Department responded to a report of a fight at a Texaco station around 10 p.m., with information that one person involved may be armed with a gun. Upon arrival, John Reuben Turbe Jr. ran from the scene. An officer pursuing Turbe reportedly noticed he had a gun. Turbe allegedly turned and pointed the gun at the officer, who then shot and killed him.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/suspect-taken-to-hospital-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-tampa

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Police response to a reported physical domestic altercation. Glasgow Police Department officers were dispatched to Grandview Avenue in Glasgow shortly after midnight. According to Kentucky State Police, Hartigan drove away on a motorcycle as Glasgow officers arrived, and the officers pursued him toward Scottsville Road. The available official account does not identify Hartigan as the person accused of committing the reported domestic violence or describe what officers knew about his role when they began pursuing him.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/04/2021, 34-year-old Joshua Shane Hartigan was killed when his motorcycle left Scottsville Road and crashed during a Glasgow Police Department pursuit in Barren County. Hartigan was living in Glasgow and was formerly from Westmoreland, Tennessee.
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At approximately 12:45 a.m., Glasgow police responded to Grandview Avenue following a report of a physical domestic altercation. Kentucky State Police reported that Hartigan left the scene on his motorcycle as Glasgow officers arrived. Glasgow officers pursued him as he traveled toward Scottsville Road.
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The pursuit continued to the 6600 block of Scottsville Road. According to the Kentucky State Police reconstruction, Hartigan failed to negotiate a curve and the motorcycle left the roadway. Hartigan was pronounced dead at the scene by the Barren County coroner.
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Kentucky State Police Post 3 in Bowling Green investigated the fatal crash at the request of Glasgow police. KSP Trooper Bo Hubbard led the investigation. The Barren County Sheriff’s Office, Barren-Metcalfe EMS and Barren County Coroner also responded.
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Hartigan was born on 03/25/1987 in Hendersonville, Tennessee. At the time of his death, he was engaged to Shelby O'Neal and was the father of two children, Aryan Hartigan Sutton and J.C. Hartigan. He was also survived by his parents, four sisters, three brothers and several nieces. His funeral was held three days after his death, followed by burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Glasgow Police Department officers who pursued Hartigan have not been publicly identified in the Kentucky State Police release or the contemporary and follow-up reporting located for this case.
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https://www.wnky.com/man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-during-police-pursuit/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tennessean/name/joshua-hartigan-obituary?id=12551380
https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/news/p3-7-4-2021
https://www.wbko.com/2021/07/04/tennessee-man-flees-police-dies-motorcycle-crash-barren-county/
https://www.wcluradio.com/2021/07/04/kentucky-state-police-investigates-fatal-collision-in-barren-county/
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/kentucky-state-police-investigating-a-fatal-motorcycle-crash
https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/07/06/police-man-fleeing-officers-motorcycle-dies-crash/
https://www.rwoodardfuneralhome.com/obituaries/joshua-shane-hartigan

On July 4, 2021, at approximately 11 p.m., deputies from the Portage County Sheriff's Office responded to a domestic disturbance call at a residence on 7334 Bennington Pike in Ravenna, Ohio. A woman and her two children had fled the home to seek safety at a neighbor’s house, reporting concerns of physical harm from her husband, 36-year-old Matthew J. Morse.
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When deputies arrived, Morse exited the residence brandishing a handgun. Officers commanded Morse to drop the weapon, but he did not comply. Deputy Kody M. Osco fired his weapon, fatally shooting Morse.
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https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/portage-county/deputies-fatally-shoot-armed-domestic-violence-suspect-ravenna/95-9f7081ee-28bb-4294-b5d8-9ac6e365b0f4
https://theportager.com/911-tape-suggests-man-killed-by-deputy-was-drunk-and-violent-before-the-shooting/
https://apnews.com/article/oh-state-wire-shootings-32fd161bacdbd47e2103916a18c23862

On 07/04/2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., three Newton Police Department officers responded to a 911 call at a home on Clive Place in Newton, New Jersey. During an encounter outside the home, two officers shot and killed Gulia Dale III, 61. Police reported that a semi-automatic handgun was recovered at the scene. Details about what led to the shooting have not been disclosed.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT
1 fatality
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• https://www.nj.com/news/2021/07/newton-man-shot-and-killed-by-police-during-4th-of-july-911-response.html
• https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2021/07/05/gulia-dale-iii-shot-and-killed-newton-police-sussex-nj/7864502002/
• https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newton/sections/police-and-fire/articles/newton-police-involved-in-fatal-shooting-on-july-4th

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Suspected intoxicated driving after a man was reported unconscious behind the wheel of a vehicle blocking a driveway. At approximately 8:23 a.m., Joplin police received a report of a man passed out in a vehicle in the 800 block of South Rex Avenue. Officers awakened the driver and reported observing signs that he was intoxicated. While police were investigating, the driver drove north on Rex Avenue. Joplin officers attempted to catch up with the vehicle. A nearby Duquesne Police Department officer saw the vehicle driving away and initiated the pursuit eastbound on 7th Street.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/03/2021, 66-year-old Robert D. McDermid of Joplin was killed when a vehicle being pursued by police crashed into his Toyota Prius at East 7th Street and Duquesne Road in Duquesne. McDermid was an uninvolved driver and had no connection to the police encounter.
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The encounter began at approximately 8:23 a.m. when Joplin police received a report that a man was unconscious inside a vehicle blocking a driveway in the 800 block of South Rex Avenue. Responding officers awakened the driver and reported that he showed signs of intoxication. During the investigation, the driver drove north on Rex Avenue.
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Joplin officers attempted to catch up to the vehicle. A Duquesne police officer who was nearby saw the vehicle driving away and initiated a pursuit that continued east on 7th Street. Shortly afterward, Joplin officers were notified that the pursued vehicle had crashed into two other vehicles at 7th Street and Duquesne Road.
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McDermid was driving a Toyota Prius when the pursued vehicle crashed into it at the intersection. McDermid suffered fatal injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital, where Dr. Jennifer Kolodchak pronounced him dead. Missouri State Highway Patrol reporting recorded McDermid as wearing his seat belt.
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Police identified the pursued driver as 36-year-old Kenton C. Cowgill of Carthage. After the collision, Cowgill briefly ran from the crash scene before officers apprehended him.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated the fatal collision while the Joplin Police Department conducted the criminal investigation.
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McDermid was a retired professor at Missouri Southern State University. His death eventually resulted in a murder prosecution rather than remaining solely a DWI vehicular-death case.
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Cowgill was convicted after a two-day trial in June 2023 of second-degree murder, DWI resulting in death, felony resisting arrest by fleeing, and drug trafficking. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.
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McDermid's widow, Teresa McDermid, later filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Cowgill in Jasper County Circuit Court arising from her husband's death.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Duquesne Police Department officer who initiated the pursuit and the Joplin Police Department officers involved immediately before it have not been publicly identified in the sources located for this case.
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DISPOSITION:
Kenton C. Cowgill was convicted of second-degree murder, DWI resulting in death, felony resisting arrest by fleeing, and drug trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The involved Joplin and Duquesne police officers were not criminally charged for their roles in initiating or participating in the pursuit.

https://rturner229.blogspot.com/2021/07/dwi-arrest-for-carthage-man-in-fatality.html
https://www.facebook.com/JoplinPD/posts/on-july-3rd-2021-at-823-am-the-joplin-police-department-received-a-report-of-a-m/1970608436428179/
https://rturner229.blogspot.com/2021/10/carthage-man-to-stand-trial-for-murder.html
https://kggfradio.com/local-news/692864
https://www.newstalkkzrg.com/2023/06/06/jury-selection-begins-in-fatality-drunken-driving-crash-trial/
https://rturner229.blogspot.com/2024/06/mssu-professors-widow-sues-drunk-driver.html

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Equipment violations during a traffic stop. Sauk County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Tate stopped a vehicle driven by Devan Michael Potter after observing a loud exhaust and a taillight violation. Potter initially stopped, but as Tate approached the vehicle, Potter drove away. Tate activated his emergency equipment and attempted to follow but discontinued the pursuit. Potter subsequently crashed on County Road T.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/03/2021, 23-year-old Ashley Marie Slama of Portage was killed while riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by Devan Michael Potter after a traffic stop by Sauk County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Tate. Ashley had no role in the equipment violations that prompted Tate to stop the vehicle and was not the driver.
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Ashley had spent the evening with Potter and fellow passenger Ryen Swiatly. The three left Bobbers Island Grill at approximately 2:00 a.m. and traveled in Potter's vehicle.
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Deputy Matthew Tate stopped the vehicle for a loud exhaust and a taillight violation. Potter initially pulled over. As Tate approached the vehicle on foot, Potter drove away.
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Tate returned to his squad vehicle and attempted to follow Potter. The police pursuit was discontinued, and Potter continued driving after Tate stopped pursuing.
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Approximately 10 minutes later, Tate notified other law-enforcement personnel that he had located the vehicle overturned in a ditch near 12470 County Road T, approximately one mile east of Gillem Road.
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Ashley suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Swiatly survived. Potter also survived and was subsequently prosecuted in connection with Ashley's death.
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Ashley was born on 07/13/1997 and grew up in Portage. She graduated from the Portage Academy of Achievement in 2015. Her family remembered her as fearless, intensely loving, free-spirited and unmistakably herself. She was especially devoted to animals and, according to her family, would have filled an entire house with them if she could.
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Ashley had struggled with alcohol addiction and had fought to obtain treatment, ultimately completing both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. She continued working on her sobriety and had talked about eventually helping other people facing addiction. After her death, her family planned to use memorial contributions remaining after funeral expenses to help others struggling with addiction, turning Ashley's own experience into part of her legacy.
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Her family described Ashley as creative, curious and fiercely affectionate. She was particularly recognizable for her long Bohemian-style hair and had been an animal lover since childhood. Her mother remembered Ashley not simply as her daughter but as her best friend.
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Ashley was also deeply attached to a boy named Cayden whom she loved as though he were her own son. Her family said Ashley was unable to have children herself but loved Cayden intensely and considered him an important part of her life.
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Ashley died only 10 days before what would have been her 24th birthday. Her family held her celebration of life on 07/13/2021—Ashley’s birthday—at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Potter was charged in Sauk County with fleeing an officer resulting in death, homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, operating without a valid driver's license, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Matthew J. Tate was the Sauk County Sheriff's Office deputy who stopped Potter and became involved in the pursuit preceding Ashley's fatal crash.
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Tate had previously worked for the Minocqua Police Department. He joined that department in 2013 and eventually became a detective sergeant and K-9 handler. In July 2020, Tate left Minocqua to become a patrol deputy with the Sauk County Sheriff's Office, bringing his K-9 partner Jennings with him. Minocqua Police Chief David Jaeger publicly described Tate as a strong supervisor when announcing his departure.
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Tate subsequently advanced within the Sauk County Sheriff's Office and became a patrol sergeant. His law-enforcement roles have included detective sergeant, field training officer, emergency-vehicle-operation instructor, vehicle-contacts instructor and K-9 handler.
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Tate remained employed by Sauk County years after Ashley's death. County payroll records identify Matthew J. Tate as a patrol sergeant in both 2024 and 2025.
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In 2026, Tate became a Republican candidate for Sauk County sheriff. Official Sauk County election paperwork lists Matthew Tate as a candidate for the office, and his campaign identifies him as a current Sauk County patrol sergeant.
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DISPOSITION:
Devan Michael Potter was criminally charged in connection with Ashley Slama's death, including fleeing an officer resulting in death and homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. Deputy Matthew Tate was not criminally charged for his role in initiating the traffic stop and pursuit.

https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pardeeville-man-charged-in-crash-while-fleeing-police-that-killed-passenger/article_d450d2d5-748f-5cb5-9816-597790fd0497.html
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wiscnews/name/ashley-slama-obituary?id=12691044
https://www.pmmfh.com/obits2021/aa-obit-SlamaAshley.html
https://www.wxpr.org/government/2020-07-08/minocqua-pd-is-losing-veteran-officer-k9-unit
https://tateforsheriff.com/get-to-know-matthew-tate
https://www.co.sauk.wi.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/county_clerk/page/119667/2027-2031electedofficialscandidatepaperwork.pdf

EASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
At approximately 9:15 p.m., a Pantego Police officer attempted to stop a maroon 2011 Buick LaCrosse on Arkansas Lane near Bowen Road. Dash-camera footage later showed the officer approaching the Buick during the attempted traffic stop before the driver suddenly accelerated away. Public reporting does not establish what violation or other specific reason prompted the officer to make the original traffic stop.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/02/2021, a Pantego Police officer attempted the traffic stop less than two miles west of the intersection where 39-year-old Douglas Osiemo would be killed. When the Buick accelerated away, the officer initially followed it. Pantego Police subsequently said the officer discontinued the attempt after the Buick passed South Fielder Road at high speed. The department cited the dangerous conditions and its
REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
No vehicle insurance. A Pantego Police Department officer was running license plates when the officer determined that the registered owner of a maroon Buick LaCrosse did not have insurance. The officer attempted a traffic stop near Arkansas Lane and Bowen Street. The driver accelerated away, and the Pantego officer activated emergency lights and siren and pursued for approximately 32 seconds before terminating the chase because of the Buick's extreme speed.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/02/2021, 39-year-old Douglas Onsare Osiemo of Arlington was killed while working as a food-delivery driver when a Buick LaCrosse that had just fled a Pantego police traffic stop crashed into his Toyota Camry at West Arkansas Lane and South Cooper Street. Osiemo had no connection to the Buick, its driver or the police encounter.
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Shortly before the crash, a Pantego officer attempted to stop the Buick after a license-plate check indicated that its registered owner lacked vehicle insurance. What began as a minor traffic enforcement encounter turned into a pursuit when the driver accelerated away.
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The Pantego officer pursued with emergency lights and siren for approximately 32 seconds. As the Buick accelerated to extremely high speed, the officer lost sight of it and terminated the pursuit near South Fielder Road. The fatal collision occurred approximately 1 to 1½ miles farther east.
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After the officer terminated the pursuit, witnesses reported seeing the Buick continue east on Arkansas Lane at speeds exceeding 100 mph and run several red lights.
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At approximately 9:15 p.m., the Buick entered the intersection of Arkansas Lane and Cooper Street at high speed and struck Osiemo's Toyota Camry. The impact forced Osiemo's vehicle into a nearby parking area, where it collided with parked vehicles, including a box truck. Osiemo was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Investigators later recovered data from the Buick's airbag control system showing that it was traveling 88 mph approximately 2.5 seconds before impact.
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The Buick's driver left the wreckage and ran from the scene. Early witness accounts suggested two people had been inside, but investigators later determined that 42-year-old Charlton Harris was the Buick's sole occupant. Police recovered identification and work documents bearing Harris's name from the vehicle, along with a 9mm handgun and a partially consumed bottle of cognac.
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Osiemo was working for a food-delivery service when he was killed. He and his wife, Jackline Meraba, had immigrated from Kenya to Arlington approximately eight years earlier. They were raising three children, ages 9, 5 and 1. Osiemo worked two jobs and was the family's sole financial provider.
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His relatives remembered him as exceptionally hardworking, kind, helpful, gentle and soft-spoken. After his death, members of the local Kenyan community organized support for his wife and children and worked to return his body to Kenya for burial.
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After Arlington police released surveillance images, an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip helped investigators identify Harris. Arlington officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force located him at a motel in Grand Prairie on 07/16/2021 and arrested him.
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Harris was charged with murder and leaving the scene of a collision involving death. Pantego authorities also pursued an evading-arrest charge arising from the original traffic stop and pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Pantego Police Department officer who attempted to stop Harris and pursued the Buick for approximately 32 seconds has not been publicly identified in the contemporary reporting, arrest-warrant coverage or other publicly indexed material located for this case.
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DISPOSITION:
Charlton Harris was criminally charged in connection with the crash that killed Douglas Osiemo. The Pantego officer was not criminally charged for the officer's role in initiating the pursuit.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/arlington-police-continue-search-for-driver-who-killed-father-of-three
https://www.fox4news.com/news/search-continues-for-driver-who-fled-following-fatal-crash-in-arlington
https://www.fox4news.com/news/video-shows-person-of-interest-connected-to-fatal-arlington-hit-and-run
https://www.fox4news.com/news/arlington-police-arrest-hit-and-run-driver-who-killed-father-of-three
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/arlington-police-person-interest-deadly-hit-run/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/charlton-harris-faces-murder-charge-and-more-in-fatal-high-speed-hit-and-run/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/07/16/man-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-high-speed-arlington-hit-and-run-that-killed-motorist/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/07/06/arlington-police-seek-publics-help-identifying-person-of-interest-in-fatal-hit-and-run/
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article252609878.html
https://www.wbap.com/2021/07/07/arlington-police-release-video-of-person-of-interest-in-fatal-hit-run-crash/
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/douglas-onsare-osiemo-go-fund-me-sendoff

On July 2, 2021, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Wilkes County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a residence on Traphill Ridge Road to serve a warrant for 37-year-old Thomas Charlie Billings, a suspect in the stabbing death of 31-year-old Tracy Renee Rash earlier that day in Caldwell County. Deputies encountered Billings standing outside the residence armed with a rifle. Despite repeated commands to drop the weapon, Billings refused to comply. Deputies discharged their firearms, fatally striking him.
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It was later determined that the rifle Billings was holding was an air rifle. The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office placed the involved deputies on administrative leave while the incident was reviewed, as is standard protocol.
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Total Fatalities/Injuries:1 Fatality (Thomas Charlie Billings)

https://thewilkesrecord.com/wilkes-deputies-shoot-murder-suspect-p2580-149.htm
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/regional/caldwell-county-murder-suspect-killed-wilkes-county-deputy-shoots/275-6bcda91d-62e5-4c6a-aa5e-f5ed5ceeacc3
• https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/wilkes-county-deputy-on-administrative-leave-after-shooting-murder-suspect/
https://860wacb.com/caldwell-murder-suspect-fatally-shot-by-wilkes-county-deputies/
• : https://www.wxii12.com/article/wilkes-county-north-carolina-deputy-shooting-murder-suspect/36941759
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/thomas-billings-killed-by-wilkes-county-deputies-after-homicide-investigation/83-f83aac49-9807-4777-9f39-46e64e5db568
• https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/woman-stabbed-death-caldwell-county-suspect-shot-dead-by-deputies/HL4VMWQTZJH4JII7QFFW5UNTHE/

On July 1, 2021, Spotsylvania deputies, Orange officers, and deputy U.S. Marshals went to a home to arrest a man wanted on probation violation charges from Dinwiddie and Colonial Heights, as well as pending gun- and theft-related charges in Orange County and Spotsylvania. Upon police arrival, the man allegedly fired multiple shots at officers. A deputy returned fire before the man barricaded himself inside the house. Police spent several hours attempting to negotiate with the man, but he reportedly started a fire inside the house, which resulted in his death from burns and smoke inhalation.
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https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-hold-off-on-naming-man-who-died-in-fire-during-spotsylvania-standoff/article_cce65786-a6c4-5bd2-85d5-9f3363b23a3e.html

Lisa Ann Short, a 54-year-old White female, was shot and killed by officers from the Kingsport Police Department on July 1, 2021, in Kingsport, Tennessee. Officers responded to a call from a resident at the Westside Inn around 5:20 a.m. The caller reported that a woman with a gun was banging on his door. Upon arrival, officers encountered Short, who was reportedly armed with a gun. Police stated that she failed to comply with orders to drop the weapon, and officers shot and killed her.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-pd-suspect-transported-to-hospital-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-hotel/ 

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Traffic stop. Fort Wayne police attempted to stop the vehicle shortly before the fatal crash. The driver initially stopped but then drove away, and police pursued. The specific traffic violation or other reason officers initiated the original stop has not been established in the surviving publicly indexed material.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/01/2021, 25-year-old Sor No Bit was killed along with two other men when the vehicle he was driving crashed during a Fort Wayne Police Department pursuit on East Paulding Road near South Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne.
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The encounter began when Fort Wayne police attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle initially stopped, but the driver subsequently drove away and police pursued.
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The pursuit continued onto East Paulding Road. During the chase, the driver lost control of the vehicle near Lafayette Street. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility/light pole, a gas line and a tree. WANE personnel at the scene reported all three people in the vehicle were killed.
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The collision damaged a natural-gas line, creating an additional emergency at the crash scene. Residents in the immediate area were evacuated while emergency personnel addressed the gas leak.
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The Allen County Coroner's Office subsequently identified all three people killed as adult men. Fatal Encounters independently records Sor No Bit, age 25, as one of the three people killed and links his record directly to the WANE report of this pursuit.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
Three men were killed in the crash.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Fort Wayne Police Department officer or officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit have not been publicly identified in the sources located.
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DISPOSITION:
The involved Fort Wayne police officer(s) were not criminally charged for their role in initiating the pursuit.
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https://www.wane.com/top-stories/three-dead-following-chase-and-crash-on-east-paulding-road-residents-evacuated/
https://fatalencounters.org/view/person-csv/csv/?pagenum=62