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Shuyu Sui

Age : 61

Gender : Female

Race : Asian

Date : 12/30/2022

Location : 14th Street NW and New York Avenue NW

City : Washington

County : District of Columbia

State : District of Columbia

Agency : United States Secret Service Uniformed Division

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed after U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division chased another vehicle for missing front license plates.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/30/2022, 61-year-old Shuyu Sui was killed after a driver fled a U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division traffic stop near the White House and crashed at 14th Street and New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
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At approximately 4:28 p.m., Secret Service Uniformed Division officers on bicycles observed a dark 2001 Buick LeSabre driven by Spiro Stafilatos near the White House. Officers observed that the Buick had no front license plate and that its Maryland rear plate lacked a registration sticker. They subsequently stopped the Buick in the 700 block of 15th Street NW.
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The officers approached Stafilatos and informed him of the registration violation. During the traffic stop, Stafilatos drove away from the officers and entered New York Avenue NW. Contemporary MPD reporting confirms that the Buick fled directly from the active Secret Service traffic stop.
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Stafilatos entered the intersection of 14th Street and New York Avenue against a red traffic signal. A Chevrolet Sonic traveling southbound on 14th Street with a green light struck the left rear of the Buick. The impact caused the Buick to spin into a crosswalk on the east side of the intersection.
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Sui and another woman were walking through the intersection with the pedestrian walk signal when the Buick struck them. Both women were transported to hospitals. Sui died from her injuries, while the second woman was critically injured.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/traffic-fatality-14th-street-and-new-york-avenue-northwest
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/30/pedestrians-struck-secret-service/
https://wtop.com/dc/2022/12/crash-near-white-house-closes-new-york-avenue/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/jury-finds-maryland-man-guilty-2022-vehicular-homicide-and-assault