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Makayla Hankins 1 of 3
Gender : Female
Age : 21
Race : Black
Date : 09/26/2023
Location : E 10th+N Mitthoefer Rd
City : Indianapolis
County : Marion
State : Indiana
Agency : Indianapolis PD
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Makayla Hankins was a newlywed mother who had just gotten married 2 weeks prior. She was a third-party motorists was driving through the intersection of East 10th Street and Mitthoefer Road when she was hit and killed by a police car chase. She had worked at a local Walmart together with her husband.
Indianapolis PD had attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that kept driving. IMPD chased a vehicle up to 140 mph and then police allegedly called it off after escalating it to high risk and the vehicle crashed, T-boning Makayla's vehicle, killing both drivers and a passenger including a total of 2 third party motorists who were hit by the police chase crash. It is not immediately known who the drivers and passengers were but the fatalities are named as Makayla Hankins (21), Christian Leyba-Gonzalez (14) and Jose Gonzalez Jr. (32).
Makayla's husband is left to raise their 2-year-old alone on a Walmart salary. His GoFundMe is linked below.
So far, IMPD has provided no explanation why they undertook this high-risk multi-fatality chase in city traffic.
