Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/07/2022
Location : 3100 block of Read Mountain
City : Roanoake
County : Botetourt
State : Virginia
Agency : Botetourt County SO
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Roanoke Police received a report of a potentially suicidal man with a firearm in the 4600 block of Long Acre Drive NE having left the area by car. Police knew that the man had an active felony warrant in another jurisdiction and the description of the vehicle was aired via APB to all Patrol Units.
An officer found the car in the area of Orange Avenue and Williamson Road NE and he began to follow the vehicle and also saw that there was a passenger in the car. The officer attempted a traffic stop but the pursuit continued out of the City of Roanoke
Patrol units deployed pursuit stop sticks but the driver continued fleeing. The driver finally lost control of the vehicle and crashed in the 3100 block of Read Mountain Road in Botetourt County. The driver committed suicide under police duress.
