Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Nicholas Petropolis
Gender : Male
Age : 35
Race : White
Date : 06/26/2025
Location : FM 149 near Millhouse Road
City : Magnolia
County : Montgomery
State : Texas
Agency : Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Deputies responded to a residence on FM 149 after the wife of 77-year-old Jeffery Love found him dead from multiple sharp force injuries, with a machete found nearby. Nicholas Petropolis, Love’s stepson, was identified as the likely assailant. Minutes later and about 100 yards from the home, Petropolis intentionally drove his Toyota into an oncoming dump truck in a head-on crash. Petropolis died at the scene. The dump truck driver was hospitalized; their condition was not released. Officials believe Petropolis killed his stepfather before dying in the crash.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.fox8live.com/2025/06/30/man-suspected-killing-stepfather-with-machete-dies-head-on-crash-deputies-say/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/montgomery-county-homicide-machete-crash-20396081.php
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/deputies-stepfather-murder-suspect-dies-in-head-on-crash-after-killing-in-magnolia
