Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Nigel Wayne Perry
Gender : Male
Age : 24
Race : Black
Date : 03/28/2025
Location : Eddy Road exit from Interstate 90
City : Cleveland
County : Cuyahoga
State : Ohio
Agency : Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On March 28, 2025, around 9:45 p.m., Cuyahoga County Sheriff's deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for erratic driving on East 9th Street in Cleveland. The driver, 24-year-old Nigel Wayne Perry, did not stop. Deputies escalated a pursuit onto Interstate 90. At the Eddy Road exit, Perry’s vehicle collided with a second vehicle. The impact caused the second car to fall off the bridge and catch fire. Perry's vehicle also caught fire, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The female driver of the other vehicle was ejected and transported to University Hospital. The case is under investigation.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/fireball-and-explosions-at-end-of-chase-by-cuyahoga-county-sheriffs-deputies-1-man-dead-woman-survives
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/03/29/eddy-road-closed-near-cleveland-memorial-shoreway-due-crash/
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/cuyahoga-county-identifies-suspect-died-pursuit-deputies-crash/95-814d38c2-132e-44c0-8aaf-6b876faa6176
