Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Jessica Sanders

Gender : Female

Age : 39

Race : White

Date : 03/26/2023

Location : 100 block of N Edison

City : Kennewick

County : Benton

State : Washington

Agency : Kennewick PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Jessica Sanders was a passenger in a car being pursued by police after the driver, Antonio De Jesus Martinez, allegedly fired a shot at a Kennewick police officer and deputies began chasing him.Police allege that Martinez was chased directly into another Benton County deputy’s police car at the intersection of Eighth Place and Vancouver Street. Sanders died in the crash.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article273613230.html