Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Roger Fuentes
Age : 50
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/15/2021
Location : West 13th and Colorado Streets
City : Austin
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police vehicle
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/15/2021 at approximately 3:45 a.m., Roger Fuentes, 50, was lying in the roadway at Colorado Street and West 13th Street, immediately west of the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin. Fuentes' last known address was in Taft, Texas. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was patrolling the Capitol area northbound on Colorado Street and turned left onto West 13th Street, striking and running over Fuentes. DPS said it was not known why Fuentes was lying in the roadway.
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The trooper stopped after the collision and attempted CPR. Austin-Travis County EMS responded, but Fuentes died at the scene shortly after 4:00 a.m.
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The Texas DPS Capitol Region investigated the fatal collision. The trooper's name was not publicly released in the contemporaneous coverage.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Texas DPS trooper who struck and killed Fuentes was not publicly identified.
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/tx-dps-trooper-involved-in-deadly-auto-pedestrian-crash-near-capitol
