Death by Cop – 2023
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Vincent T. Hughes
Case # :2085
Gender : Male
Age : 40
Race : Black
Date : 03/22/2023
Location : Barnesville Rd+GA 136
City : Lamar
County : Lamar
State : Georgia
Agency : Georgia State Patrol, Lamar County SO
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle, PIT maneuver
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Georgia State Patrol initiated a chase in Lamar County off Barnesville Road and Ga. 136 after a trooper tried to pull over Bryan Pierre Williams and his passengerVincent Hugheson Barnesville Road.Williams sped away in a Chevy Tahoe and the trooper, not accepting a failed traffic stop, escalated a chase, performed a PIT maneuver resulting in Williams hitting the trooper’s car. Troopers claim the driver and passenger were throwing drugs out of the window. Deputiesperformed another PIT maneuver, directly killing Hughes when the PIT resulted in the vehicle rolling several timesand killing passenger Vincent Hughes.