Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Brandon Nunez
Gender : Male
Age : 16
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 07/15/2023
Location : lost Creek Dr+Boat Ramp Rd
City : Columbia
County : Richland
State : South Carolina
Agency : Richland County SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : ——————
Event : Killed during police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Richland County Sheriff's Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol combinedchased a vehicle that refused a traffic stop. Police escalated the chase to over 100 mph until the vehicle ended in a pond near Lost Creek Drive and Boat Ramp Road in the Chestnut Hill Plantation subdivision. Five teenagers ages 14 to 18 were pulled from the vehicle. Hours later, Brandon Nunez, a sixth person was found drowned. He had not been the driver.
