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Isaiah Green

Age : 20

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 06/23/2021

Location : 4800 block 4th Street

City : Lubbock

County : Lubbock

State : Texas

Agency : Texas Tech Police Department; Lubbock Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
The specific reason Texas Tech Police Department officers initially attempted to stop Isaiah Green has not been publicly disclosed in the contemporary reporting located. The pursuit began shortly before 2:00 a.m. as Green drove west on 4th Street. Texas Tech police discontinued their pursuit because of the speed involved. A short time later, Green passed a Lubbock Police Department officer at high speed while that officer was completing an unrelated traffic stop. The Lubbock officer then attempted to catch up to Green.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 06/23/2021, 20-year-old Isaiah Green of the Lubbock/Levelland area died after crashing a Saturn Ion during a sequence involving pursuits by Texas Tech Police Department and Lubbock Police Department officers on 4th Street in Lubbock.
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Shortly before 2:00 a.m., Texas Tech police pursued Green westbound on 4th Street. The department terminated its pursuit because Green was traveling at an unsafe speed.
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Green continued west on 4th Street after Texas Tech police discontinued the pursuit. A short time later, his Saturn passed a Lubbock police officer who had just completed an unrelated traffic stop. The Lubbock officer attempted to catch up to Green.
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By the time the Lubbock officer reached the 4800 block of 4th Street, Green had crashed. Investigators determined that Green apparently lost control near 4th Street and Toledo Avenue, left the roadway, struck multiple trees and crashed into a brick wall.
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The Lubbock officer found Green critically injured in the wreckage. Emergency personnel transported him by ambulance to University Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
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Green was only 20 years old. His funeral was held on 07/02/2021 at Levelland Cemetery, following a public viewing the previous day at Ossie Curry Funeral Home in Lubbock.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
Isaiah Green was killed.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Texas Tech Police Department officers who initiated the first pursuit and the Lubbock Police Department officer who subsequently attempted to catch Green have not been publicly identified in the contemporary reporting located for this case.
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DISPOSITION:
The involved Texas Tech Police Department and Lubbock Police Department officers were not criminally charged for their roles in the pursuits.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2021/06/23/man-dies-following-crash-after-pursuit-texas-tech-lubbock-police/5325723001/
https://www.kcbd.com/2021/06/23/life-threatening-injury-reported-after-4th-street-crash/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lubbockonline/name/isaiah-green-obituary?id=33145265
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lubbockonline/name/isaiah-green-obituary?id=12022893
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/ttpd/daily/archive.php