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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/06/2021

Location : 2300 block of Marshall Drive

City : Arlington

County : Tarrant

State : Texas

Agency : Arlington Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Possible involvement in a shooting. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Arlington Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting in the 800 block of Timberlake Drive. While investigating, officers received information that a vehicle possibly connected to the shooting was leaving the area. Officers located a Chevrolet Impala carrying two people and attempted to stop it. The driver continued driving away and Arlington officers pursued.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 08/06/2021, an unidentified driver was killed after crashing a Chevrolet Impala during an Arlington Police Department pursuit that began following a shooting call in Arlington and ended in neighboring Grand Prairie. Although initial news reports were published on August 7, police said the shooting call and fatal pursuit occurred Friday night, August 6.
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At approximately 9:30 p.m., Arlington officers responded to the 800 block of Timberlake Drive regarding a shooting. During the investigation, police received information that a possible vehicle connected to the shooting had left the area. Officers attempted to stop the Chevrolet Impala, but the driver continued driving away and police pursued. The contemporary reporting described the driver only as possibly connected to the shooting and did not establish that the driver had fired a weapon or otherwise participated in the shooting.
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The Impala, carrying the driver and one passenger, traveled from Arlington into Grand Prairie. The pursuit reached the 2300 block of West Marshall Drive, a little more than one mile from the original shooting scene.
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Police said the driver lost control of the Impala while traveling east on Marshall Drive. The Impala crashed into an SUV that had stopped in the westbound lanes to yield to approaching emergency vehicles. The impact ejected the Impala's driver.
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Emergency personnel transported the driver to a hospital, where the driver died. The passenger in the Impala and the driver of the uninvolved SUV were also transported to hospitals with injuries police described as non-life-threatening.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact immediately before the crash was reported in the contemporary accounts. The available reporting does not provide the pursuit's maximum speed, precise duration, total distance, following distance between the Arlington police vehicle and Impala immediately before the crash, or whether a supervisor authorized or considered terminating the pursuit.
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Grand Prairie Police Department assisted with the crash investigation because the collision occurred within Grand Prairie. Arlington Police Department retained responsibility for investigating the original shooting and the circumstances of the pursuit.
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Contemporary reporting stated that the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office was expected to publicly identify the driver after notification of relatives. However, a reliable subsequent public source identifying the deceased driver has not been located in the material available for this reconstruction. Without a confirmed identity, biographical information about the driver's family, occupation and life cannot reliably be included.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Arlington Police Department officer or officers who attempted to stop the Impala and participated in the pursuit have not been publicly identified in the available contemporary reporting.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/08/07/1-dead-2-injured-after-crash-during-pursuit-arlington-police-say/
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/driver-dies-in-crash-after-leading-arlington-grand-prairie-police-on-chase/287-7ea247bc-ff0b-42e0-af60-9cae8410c185
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article253343423.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/driver-dies-crashing-chase-arlington-police/
https://www.univision.com/local/dallas-kuvn/muere-un-conductor-al-intentar-huir-de-las-autoridades-en-arlington