Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/13/2021

Location : Lakeside Drive near Interstate 220 and Lakeshore Drive

City : Shreveport

County : Caddo

State : Louisiana

Agency : Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/13/2021, at approximately 8:51 p.m., a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office deputy attempted to stop a car for a traffic violation near eastbound Interstate 220 at Lakeshore Drive. The driver continued driving away while deputies pursued at speeds exceeding 100 mph. The pursuit ended about one mile away on Lakeside Drive after the vehicle came to a stop. Deputies surrounded the vehicle and found the driver seated behind the wheel with a gunshot wound. Investigators determined the driver died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while still inside the vehicle. The death was investigated as a suicide.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksla.com/2021/08/14/driver-takes-his-own-life-while-sitting-behind-wheel-car-caddo-deputies-had-tried-stop-authorities-say/