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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/20/2025

Location : Elton Road and I-55 East Frontage Road

City : Jackson

County : Hinds

State : Mississippi

Agency : Byram Police Department; Mississippi Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/20/2025, shortly after midnight, an unidentified driver died after a Byram Police Department pursuit of a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro ended in a fiery crash at Elton Road and the I-55 East Frontage Road in Hinds County near Jackson. Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to investigate at approximately 12:06 a.m.
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The specific initiating reason for the police pursuit was that the Chevrolet Camaro had been reported stolen. Byram police began pursuing the Camaro and followed it north toward Jackson.
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The Camaro entered the Jackson city limits during the pursuit. Mississippi Highway Patrol subsequently reported that the pursuing Byram officer lost sight of the vehicle after it entered Jackson. This is significant because the fatal collision was not witnessed by the pursuing officer in the accounts released publicly.
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After losing sight of the Camaro, police subsequently located it at Elton Road and the East Frontage Road. The vehicle had crashed and caught fire. The driver was trapped inside and was unable to escape the burning vehicle. The driver died at the scene.
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The body was transported to the Mississippi Crime Laboratory in Pearl for identification. Initial reports therefore did not provide the driver's name, age, gender or race. The Mississippi Highway Patrol assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal crash at Byram police's request.
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The pursuit deserves additional scrutiny in light of later events involving the same department. Less than two months after this death, another Byram police pursuit entered Jackson and ended in a crash that killed two uninvolved women. On 10/18/2025, Byram police pursued a Ford Expedition north on I-55 after another agency reported a retail theft of cigarettes at a Dollar General in Terry. Byram Police Chief David Errington said a Byram officer located the vehicle, the driver initially stopped, and then drove away when ordered out.
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That October pursuit continued into Jackson and ended when the pursued Ford Expedition crashed into a Nissan at Raymond Road and Robinson Road. Shali Davenport, 48, and her mother, Debra Washington, 66, were killed. A third person in their vehicle was injured. Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation investigated that crash.
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Byram Police Department's own historical records also document previous problems involving pursuit-policy compliance. Its 2015 annual report states that an officer initiated a pursuit for speeding on Siwell Road that ended when the pursued vehicle crashed into a fence. The department's subsequent review determined that the officer had violated pursuit policy and documented training issues.
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That same annual report shows that Byram police were already conducting pursuits beyond the city's boundaries into Jackson. In another 2015 incident, officers pursued a vehicle connected to a burglary and auto theft into Jackson, where the vehicle eventually crashed through a fence and entered a pond. The department reported four vehicle pursuits during that year and subsequently revised its pursuit policy following civil-liability training.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Byram police officer or officers who initiated and participated in the 08/20/2025 pursuit have not been publicly identified.
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Because the individual pursuing officers remain unidentified, the most pertinent documented background concerns Byram Police Department's pursuit practices. Department records establish that Byram has historically conducted pursuits that continued into Jackson and that at least one earlier pursuit was determined internally to have involved an officer's violation of pursuit policy.
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The August 2025 death was followed approximately two months later by another fatal Byram pursuit into Jackson, this time killing two uninvolved women. In that case, the initiating incident was a shoplifting report involving cigarettes, although police had initially received information suggesting the person might be armed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://magnoliastatelive.com/2025/08/21/driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-after-chase-with-mississippi-police/
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/08/20/police-investigating-deadly-crash-jackson-bridge/
https://www.wapt.com/article/driver-killed-in-fiery-crash-during-stolen-car-chase/65835844
https://thebeatofthecapital.com/2025/08/20/driver-killed-in-fiery-crash-after-chase-from-byram-to-jackson-mhp/
https://police.byram-ms.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/05/2015-Annual-Report_BOA.pdf
https://www.wapt.com/article/police-investigating-fatal-crash-in-hinds-county/69081618
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/10/18/two-killed-after-armed-robbery-suspect-crashes-into-vehicle/
https://darkhorsepressnow.com/news/top-story/2025-10-19/alleged-terry-armed-robber-flees-byram-police-strikes-passenger-vehicle-in-south-jackson/