Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Karla Rico
Gender : Female
Age : 28
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/06/2021
Location : W Miller Road & S Garland Avenue
City : Garland
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
About 3:30 p.m., a Garland police officer stopped the driver of a Honda Accord. When the officer reportedly found evidence of drugs inside the car, the driver, Bobby Lee Murphy, 37, sped away. Police pursued Murphy, who also had two passengers in the car, but lost him as he drove north on Garland Avenue. Another officer spotted Murphy, who drove through a red light at an intersection and hit a silver Toyota. The driver of the Toyota, Karla Rico, was killed. Her son was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
