Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Ariella Sage Eloise Crawford

Age : 33

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 02/04/2021

Location : Alta Sierra Drive and Names Drive

City : Alta Sierra

County : Nevada

State : California

Agency : Nevada County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Caleb Toderean; Matthew Harrison

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during welfare check

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 02/04/2021, shortly after 1 p.m., Nevada County sheriff’s deputies responded to multiple calls reporting a woman walking in the roadway on Alta Sierra Drive with two small children. Callers said the woman appeared distressed and possibly impaired. Deputies made contact with Ariella Sage Eloise Crawford within minutes of arriving. During the encounter, deputies Caleb Toderean and Matthew Harrison opened fire and killed Crawford at the scene. Reporting later indicated that Crawford feared deputies were there to take her children and that deputies said she was holding a knife. The district attorney later cleared the deputies, and a civil appeal filed on behalf of the children was denied.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.theunion.com/news/sheriff-critical-incident-at-names-and-alta-sierra-drive-authorities-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/
https://yubanet.com/regional/district-attorney-report-on-the-officer-involved-shooting-of-sage-crawford-released/
https://www.theunion.com/news/appeal-denied-for-children-of-mother-shot-and-killed-by-ncso-deputies-in-2021/article_4fdd9f2e-87ac-4f02-99e2-68be92b3198d.html