Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Amanda Beth Chatman

Gender : Female

Age : 24

Race : White

Date : 01/26/2021

Location : Intersection of Interstate Drive and South Willow Avenue

City : Cookeville

County : Putnam

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On January 26, 2021, at approximately 7:41 a.m., Amanda Beth Chatman, 24, was driving north on South Willow Avenue in Cookeville, Tennessee, with her two young sons. A 2020 Toyota Tacoma, driven by 25-year-old Michael Don Shepherd, was fleeing from Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and ran a red light at the intersection of Interstate Drive and South Willow Avenue, striking the passenger side of Chatman's 2012 Nissan Versa. Amanda Chatman and her two sons died at the scene.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/01/26/woman-children-killed-in-cookeville-pursuit/
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/pursuit-ends-in-crash-on-i-40-in-cookeville-killing-woman-2-children
https://www.wsmv.com/2021/01/26/police-3-dead-1-arrested-after-crash-cookeville/