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Kiondre Lashon Fitzgerald

Age : 25

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 02/10/2022

Location : Illinois Route 203 near Eagle Park

City : Madison

County : Madison

State : Illinois

Agency : Wood River Police Department / Multiple agencies

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Wood River police pursued Fitzgerald after locating the red Dodge Challenger he was driving, which police believed had been involved in a shooting earlier that evening near the 600 block of Vine Street in Greenville.
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NARRATIVE:
On 02/10/2022, 25-year-old Kiondre L. Fitzgerald of Greenville was killed when the red Dodge Challenger he was driving left Illinois Route 203 and overturned during a multi-agency police pursuit in Madison County.
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Earlier that evening, police received information that a red Dodge Challenger was believed to have been involved in a shooting near the 600 block of Vine Street in Greenville. That shooting was separate from another shooting in Greenville that evening in which 37-year-old Laquita M. Sullivan was killed.
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At approximately 9:06 p.m., Wood River police located a red Dodge Challenger matching the description of the vehicle associated with the Vine Street shooting. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but Fitzgerald continued driving and a pursuit involving multiple law-enforcement agencies followed.
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The pursuit continued onto Illinois Route 203. Near the entrance to Eagle Park, Fitzgerald lost control of the Challenger. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned.
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Fitzgerald and his passenger, 23-year-old Quincy L. McElmurry of Anna, Illinois, were transported to an area hospital. Fitzgerald died from his injuries. McElmurry survived.
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Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 investigated the fatal pursuit crash. Public reporting identifies Wood River Police Department as the agency that attempted the initial stop but describes the subsequent pursuit as involving multiple law-enforcement agencies without identifying all participating departments.
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Available public records do not disclose the pursuit's maximum speed, total distance or duration or identify the officers who initiated or participated in the pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Wood River Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who initiated the traffic stop or the officers from the multiple agencies who participated in the pursuit.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article258396153.html
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article258331263.html
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/isp-releases-more-details-about-area-homicide-56731.cfm
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/greenville-man-charged-with-firstdegree-murder-in-case-56822.cfm
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Man-arrested-in-connection-to-Greenville-death-16923085.php