Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Darrell Jeffery Goodwin

Gender : Male

Age : 45

Race : White

Date : 09/14/2023

Location : S 11th St+Stateline Rd

City : Niles Charter Township

County : Berrien

State : Michigan

Agency : Niles Charter Twp PD

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Taser

Event : Killed by police taser after chase and crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Darrell Jeffery Goodwin was driving a vehicle police felt may be stolen and they escalated a chase. Goodwin was chased into a crash, then tasered an unknown number of times and died several days later in the hospital. It is unknown what his cause of death is, what injuries he sustained and why. Police did not elaborate if he was armed and why they felt it unavoidable to taser and attack him during an investigation of a possibly stolen car.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.953mnc.com/2023/09/20/stolen-vehicle-suspect-dies-while-in-custody/

https://wwmt.com/news/state/man-accused-crashing-stolen-vehicle-during-police-pursuit-dies-taser-south-bend-police-department-roseland-police-st-joseph-county-berrien-county-sheriffs-office-south-11-street-niles-township-michigan

https://hometownnewsnow.com/local-news/707790

https://wwmt.com/man-accused-crashing-stolen-vehicle-during-police-pursuit-dies-taser-south-bend-police-department-roseland-police-st-joseph-county-berrien-county-sheriffs-office-south-11-street-niles-township-michigan