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Lailani Duroy Snell

Age : 57

Gender : Female

Race : Asian

Date : 11/10/2021

Location : 7600 block of Camp Bowie West Boulevard

City : Fort Worth

County : Tarrant

State : Texas

Agency : Fort Worth Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Fort Worth Police were searching for a man accused of critically stabbing another man with a box cutter and stealing the victim’s pickup truck. Before police began the pursuit, the same man allegedly drove the stolen truck through the Taz game room on Camp Bowie West Boulevard, killing 45-year-old Jeffrey Allen Mazurowski.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 11/10/2021, Fort Worth Police officers were searching for a man accused of stabbing another man at approximately 11:45 a.m. in the 8600 block of Las Vegas Trail and stealing his pickup truck. At approximately 1:45 p.m., police located the stolen truck and began following it.
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Before the police pursuit developed, the driver allegedly crashed the stolen truck through the Taz game room in the 8700 block of Camp Bowie West Boulevard and drove back and forth inside the building. Jeffrey Allen Mazurowski, 45, was pinned between the truck and a wall and later died at a hospital.
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The driver left the game room and continued along Camp Bowie West Boulevard. At approximately 2:50 p.m., he drove onto the sidewalk in the 7600 block and struck 57-year-old Lailani Duroy Snell as she sat on a bus-stop bench. Surveillance video later showed that Snell had virtually no opportunity to escape the approaching truck. She was killed.
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The driver subsequently abandoned the first stolen truck, took another vehicle and continued driving away while Fort Worth Police pursued him for several miles. Police eventually trapped the vehicle near Misty Mountain Drive and Deer Trail in south Fort Worth. SWAT officers surrounded the vehicle and deployed gas after a standoff, taking the driver into custody.
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Snell and Mazurowski were both Fort Worth residents. Their identities were subsequently confirmed by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
2 Fatalities, 1 Critical Injury.
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DISPOSITION:
Chassity Lavelle Brooks, 38, was initially charged with capital murder. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of murder for the deaths of Snell and Mazurowski and, in April 2024, was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The officers were not criminally charged for their role in initiating the pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Fort Worth Police did not publicly identify the officer or officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/swat-uses-gas-to-force-mans-surrender-after-stabbing-carjacking-police-chase/2811942/
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article255729801.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article255742156.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article255765796.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article256034042.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article287739460.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/2-dead-1-critical-stabbing-chase-fort-worth/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/11/12/man-arrested-after-fort-worth-police-say-he-crashed-truck-into-game-room-and-bus-stop-killing-2/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/suspect-victims-identified-in-deadly-fort-worth-crime-spree
https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-pd-deadly-crash-suspect-stabbed-man-with-box-cutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCnnnMA8EM