Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Zachary Douglas Lumpkin
Age : 25
Gender : Male
Race : White
Date : 02/25/2021
Location : GA-41 and Little John Lane
City : Dalton
County : Whitfield
State : Georgia
Agency : Whitfield County Sheriff’s Department
Officer(s) :
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 02/25/2021, Zachary Douglas Lumpkin was driving a red Ford Ranger in Whitfield County when a sheriff’s deputy attempted a traffic stop with emergency lights and siren activated around 7:45 p.m. Lumpkin continued driving, with one passenger, Shadow Stanley, in the vehicle. During the chase, Deputy Christopher Hicks struck the truck’s right rear with the front of his patrol vehicle, causing the truck to spin, go airborne, strike a utility pole on the driver’s side, and overturn. Lumpkin and Stanley were both killed in the crash.
