Death by Cop  2022-2024

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William J. Marietta

Gender : Male

Age : 74

Race : White

Date : 10/10/2023

Location : W Vorhees+N Gilbert

City : Danville

County : Champaign

State : Illinois

Agency : Danville PD

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Danville PD saw a vehicle being driven by a man whose license was revoked. Police claim they saw the man driving erratically, bump a curb and police escalated a chase. The vehicle fled and police allege the driver threw a handgun out of the window. The vehicle crashed into a pickup truck driven by third party motorist William J. Marietta, 74, who was critically injured and later died in the hospital.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/danville-man-dies-after-september-crash/article_35fa0212-67a0-11ee-8516-f71f77c8e97c.html
https://www.wcia.com/news/danville-man-dies-after-police-chase-turned-crash/