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Omar D. Chavez-Leyva
Gender : Male
Age : 21
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 10/23/2023
Location : 62nd Ave SE
City : Nisqually
County : Thurston
State : Washington
Agency : Thurston County SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Thurston County deputies came upon a group of people doing donuts in the street. When police arrived, a car fled and police escalated a high-speed chase. Police “called off the chase” and the fleeing vehicle crashed shortly thereafter, killing the passenger, Omar D. Chavez-Leyva.
