Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : White
Date : 07/09/2021
Location : 55th Street South and South Meridian Avenue
City : Waco
County : Sedgwick
State : Kansas
Agency : Wichita Police Department (WPD)
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Fire
Event : Killed during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Wichita police officers were made aware of a man experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. The man had reportedly threatened his neighbors and pointed a gun at individuals in a Wichita business. In the evening, officers pursued the man through several areas of west Wichita. His vehicle veered off the road at 55th Street South and South Meridian Avenue and entered a wheat field. The speed of the vehicle and heat from the engine sparked a fire in the dry grass, engulfing the car in flames. The man died from burns and smoke inhalation.
SOURCE LINKS :
1. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-dead-in-vehicle-fire-after-police-chase/
2. https://www.kake.com/story/47006163/wichita-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-vehicle-fire
3. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article252781163.html
