Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Nathaly Medina
Age : 19
Gender : Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/29/2021
Location : Riverside Dr & E 61st Street
City :
County : Tulsa
State : Oklahoma
Agency : Tulsa Police Department (TPD)
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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REASON FOR CHASE: Pursuit done for moving violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 03/29/2021 at approximately 3:00 a.m., Nathaly Medina, 19, was riding in the back seat of a car driven by 23-year-old Jose Alan Lara-Garcia when Tulsa police encountered the vehicle driving recklessly near East 61st Street and South Peoria Avenue. Officers attempted to stop the car, and Lara-Garcia continued west on 61st Street while police pursued.
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The pursuit continued toward Riverside Drive. At 61st Street and Riverside, Lara-Garcia lost control, traveled through the intersection, grazed a pole and launched the car off the roadway into the Arkansas River.
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A male passenger was found unconscious in the river. A Tulsa police officer entered the water and rescued him. He was hospitalized in critical condition. Lara-Garcia survived the crash and was also recovered from the river. Medina could not initially be located, and police determined that a third person had been inside the vehicle.
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On the morning of 03/30/2021, after river conditions had calmed and the water receded, the Tulsa Police Department Dive Team located Medina's body near where the vehicle had entered the Arkansas River. Medina would have turned 20 the following day.
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Police initially questioned Lara-Garcia after he was evaluated at a hospital and released him. After Medina's body was recovered, police sought him on a first-degree manslaughter charge. Lara-Garcia subsequently turned himself in and was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on manslaughter and eluding charges. Police stated that he had not been wanted on an outstanding warrant before the pursuit began.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://ktul.com/news/local/memorial-for-crash-victim
https://www.newson6.com/story/606935e98f47850bf2e34840/fundraiser-held-for-family-of-victim-who-died-during-police-pursuit
https://ktul.com/news/local/body-found-in-arkansas-river-tpd-dive-team-on-scene
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tulsa-police-in-search-of-third-person-from-early-morning-police-chase
https://www.newson6.com/story/6063326c1ba8ef0bdc16ca76/tulsa-police-identify-woman-killed-in-arkansas-river-crash-driver-turns-himself-in
