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Jose Gonzalez Jr. 3 of 3

Gender : Male

Age : 32

Race : Latino/a/e

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 : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Indianapolis PD attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that kept driving. IMPD escalated a high-speed chase and allegedly called it off during high risk but the vehicle crashed, T-boning another 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).

So far, IMPD has provided no explanation why they undertook this high-risk multi-fatality chase in city traffic.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNKGPEpRDc

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-investigate-fatal-2-vehicle-crash-on-indys-east-side-10th-mitthoefer-road/531-7839e36a-52ed-4173-bd5a-9e01136a766f

Photo Source: Arkansas State Police