Death by Cop  2022-2024

Search fatalities

You can use any or all of the fields to refine the search.

Andra Farnell Craig

Gender : Male

Age : 57

Race : Black

Date : 07/06/2023

Location : Rosedale St+Evans Ave

City : Fort Worth

County : Tarrant

State : Texas

Agency : Fort Worth Police Department, Directed Response Unit

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Andra Farnell Craig was a third-party motorist driving on Rosedale Street and Evans Avenue where he had a green light when police chased a vehicle at high speeds into his path that crashed into his vehicle, ejecting and killing him. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Fort Worth PD in March 2024.

In October of 2023, the officer who had conducted the chase for a fleeing teenager, was cleared and will not be charged in the death of this bystander. His name was never released and remains protected by the department. Fort Worth PD has been under DOJ as well as public scrutiny over specifically the issue of rogue police pursuits and failure to disclose their pursuit policy during and beyond this time frame.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://news.yahoo.com/1-dead-2-custody-fort-133713395.html

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-dies-after-crashing-into-a-fort-worth-police-suv-involved-in-a-pursuit/3291794/

https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2023-07-07/civilian-driver-killed-during-forth-worth-police-chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meJlVGYh8Qs

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/report-fort-worth-police-chase-that-killed-uninvolved-driver-reached-100-mph/

https://fortworthreport.org/2024/02/15/family-of-andre-craig-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-fort-worth-after-police-chase/

Disposition:
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2024-10-18/fort-worth-police-officer-criminal-charges-andre-craig-pursuit-crash