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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Unknown

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/23/2021

Location : North Ohio Street and East Indian Trail

City : Aurora

County : Kane

State : Illinois

Agency : Aurora Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : #2 Passenger killed in police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Aurora police responded to reports of multiple people with guns in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1200 block of Coventry Place. A white Dodge Charger sped from the property as officers arrived. Officers subsequently saw the Charger speeding and running red lights on Indian Trail and briefly pursued it.
NARRATIVE:
On 01/23/2021, two passengers were killed when a Dodge Charger crashed while fleeing from Aurora Police Department officers in Aurora, Illinois.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., Aurora police responded to an apartment complex in the 1200 block of Coventry Place after receiving reports of multiple people with guns in the parking lot. Police said people scattered when officers arrived and a white Dodge Charger rapidly left the property.

Other Aurora officers saw the Charger traveling at high speed on Indian Trail and running red lights. Officers briefly pursued the vehicle.

Police said the Charger traveled through a red light at Lake Street and continued east on Indian Trail. Officers terminated the pursuit and turned off East Indian Trail. Less than a minute later, officers encountered the aftermath of a collision at North Ohio Street and East Indian Trail.

The Charger had collided with a minivan at the intersection. One passenger in the Charger died at the scene. A second passenger was transported to a hospital in critical condition and died shortly afterward. Two occupants of the minivan sustained minor injuries.

The driver of the Charger fled from the crash on foot. An Aurora police K-9 team located him several minutes later hiding in the yard of a nearby residence.

Police identified the driver as 19-year-old Kevon Bonner of Chicago. Investigators determined that the Dodge Charger had been reported stolen in December 2020 from Lansing, Illinois. Police reported recovering multiple firearms from the wreckage, including a rifle with a loaded drum magazine and two Glock pistols. Officers also reported finding rifle ammunition on Bonner and a loaded Glock pistol along the route where he fled from the crash.

Aurora Police Department spokesperson Paris Lewbel said the department consulted the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force concerning the two deaths. The task force determined that the fatalities would not be investigated as officer-involved deaths because Aurora officers had terminated the pursuit and turned off East Indian Trail before the fatal collision.

DISPOSITION:
Kevon Bonner was charged with two counts of reckless homicide, fleeing or attempting to elude police, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, multiple aggravated unlawful use of a weapon offenses, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. A Kane County judge initially set his bail at $250,000.

The 01/23/2021 Kane County entry in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System corresponds with this independently documented crash in Aurora in which two passengers were killed while the vehicle was fleeing from police.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/1/24/22247398/person-killed-vehicle-crash-fleeing-from-police-suburban-aurora
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/2/1/22259884/kevon-bonner-faces-homicide-charges-aurora-fatal-crash
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/2-dead-after-car-crashes-van-while-fleeing-aurora-police
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/teen-charged-reckless-homicide-after-aurora-crash-kills-2
https://www.dailyherald.com/20210125/news/chicago-man-faces-reckless-homicide-charge-in-fatal-aurora-crash/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-people-killed-in-crash-after-police-chase-in-aurora