Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Isiah Smith

Gender : Male

Age : 28

Race : Black

Date : 11/21/2021

Location : Queens Chapel Road and Michigan Avenue NE

City : Chillum

County : Prince George's

State : Maryland

Agency : Prince George's County Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On November 21, 2021, at approximately 10:55 p.m., a Prince George's County Police Department officer observed a silver Acura being driven erratically in the 3300 block of Queens Chapel Road in Mount Rainier, Maryland. The officer initiated a traffic stop, and the driver, identified as 28-year-old Isiah Smith, initially complied by stopping the vehicle.
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As the officer approached on foot, Smith drove away, prompting a police pursuit. During the pursuit, another officer discovered that the tags on the vehicle did not belong to the Acura Smith was driving. The pursuit continued into Northeast Washington, D.C., where Smith lost control of the vehicle near Michigan Avenue and Bunker Hill Road, resulting in a crash. Smith was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
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The Prince George's County Police Department's Internal Affairs Division launched an investigation to determine the circumstances leading to the fatal crash.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2021/11/pgpd-investigating-fatal-crash-driver.html
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/man-killed-in-crash-after-prince-georges-county-police-pursuit/2890582/
https://wtop.com/local/2021/11/police-man-fleeing-prince-georges-co-traffic-stop-killed-in-dc-crash/
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/prince-georges-county-pursuit-fatal-crash-in-dc/65-4d79bd40-bc6e-4997-9d1c-64a68f2f3be4
https://smnewsnet.com/archives/498673/prince-georges-county-police-investigating-fatal-crash-after-erratic-driver-flees-attempted-traffic-stop/