Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Josiah Griffith
Gender : Male
Age : 24
Race : White
Date : 03/29/2021
Location : W 2nd St and 5th Avenue West
City : Rock Springs
County : Sweetwater
State : Wyoming
Agency : Wyoming Highway Patrol, Rock Springs Police Department, Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On March 29, 2021, troopers from the Wyoming Highway Patrol attempted to stop a vehicle that was already being pursued. Despite the attempt to stop the vehicle, the driver, identified as 24-year-old Josiah Griffith, fled from the trooper. The vehicle entered Blairtown Connection Road before coming to a stop on 5th Avenue West. The vehicle then moved forward again, went down an embankment, and came to a stop. When officers approached the vehicle, they discovered Griffith dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
