Vehicular Deaths
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :799
Age :54
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/06/2023
Location : 200 block of 5th Ave SW
City : Cut Bank
County : Glacier
State : Montana
Agency : Cut Bank PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during violation of protective order
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
The Cut Bank PD responded to a violation of a protective order on Fifth Avenue Southwest. Police allege that they arrived and the man tried to avoid the confrontation by leaving in his vehicle and allegedly “confronted” them with a rifle. They shot and killed him.
Source links :
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-cut-bank
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :798
Age :32
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/06/2023
Location : I-5+Route 528
City : Marysville
County : Snohomish
State : Washington
Agency : Snohomish County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Snohomish County deputy stopped a vehicle police felt was involved in attempts at car burglaries. When they traffic-stopped the vehicle and asked a man to exit the car, a female in the passenger seat moved to the driver’s seat and drove away. Police chased her until the I-5 and Route 528 where she crashed into a tree, rolled over and died.
Source links :
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/fatal-crash-reported-at-i-5-off-ramp-in-marysville/
Anthony Caabeiro *COP
Case # :797
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 10/05/2023
Location : SE 8th+33rd Ave
City : Hialeah
County : Miami-Dade
State : Florida
Agency : Hialeah PD
Officer(s) : Anthony Caabeiro
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed off duty in motorcycle accident
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Hialeah officer Anthony Caabeiro was off duty, riding his motorcycle when he was involved in a collision on SE 8th Street and 33rd Avenue in Hialeah when he crashed into a car. He died at the hospital from injuries.
Source links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHt6PQNC-g
https://news.yahoo.com/hialeah-officer-died-police-department-134926388.html
Chad Swanson *COP
Case # :796
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/04/2023
Location : 405 Freeway+DelAmo Ave
City : Carson
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : Manhattan Beach PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Motorcycle officer killed on duty
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A still unnamed Manhattan Beach PD motorcycle officer was killed Wednesday, 10/04/2023, in a crash on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Carson.
Source links :
https://mynewsla.com/crime/2023/10/04/manhattan-beach-officer-killed-in-freeway-crash/
https://abc7.com/carson-405-freeway-crash-motorcyclist/13862378/
Pedro Fuentes
Case # :795
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 10/03/2023
Location : I-55+14th
City : Tustin
County : Orange
State : California
Agency : California Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by vehicle while running from police
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A man accused of stealing copper fled from CHP and got out of his vehicle and ran from police. He was hit by a car and killed while running from CHP.
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Marion Taryell Holmes
Case # :794
Age :18
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/03/2023
Location : Holly St+19th
City : Harrisburg
County : Dauphin
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Harrisburg PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in crash with police cruiser
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Harrisburg PD police vehicle was on the way to an unknown priority call an driving at an unknown speed when it collided with a 2000 Mercury Sable on Holly Street and 19th Street. Marion Sable, the front seat passenger, died in the crash The driver wandered off and was not immediately located per police.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :793
Age :15
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/02/2023
Location : I-76
City : Philadelphia
County : Philadelphia
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pennsylvania State Police
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police car chase
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Pennsylvania State Police tried to traffic-stop a vehicle on the I-76. He vehicle did not stop and PSP escalated a chase that led to the vehicle crashing into a concrete barrier, hitting another car and rolling several times down an embankment. A 15-year-old boy passenger was killed. The 14-year-old girl who had been driving the car police claim was stolen is being charged with vehicular homicide.
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Nicholas W. Thompson
Case # :792
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/02/2023
Location : WB Route 7
City : Loudoun
County : Clarke
State : Virginia
Agency : Virginia State Police
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Virginia State trooper saw a motorcycle commit a moving violation and escalated a chase against the driver and hunted the motorcycle at high speed until it crashed into a guardrail, was thrown at the trooper and collided with the patrol car. Nicholas W. Thompson died while being hunted for a moving violation.
Source links :
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/motorcyclist-dies-in-fatal-crash-following-police-pursuit
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :791
Age :15
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/02/2023
Location : I-76
City : Philadelphia
County : Philadelphia
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Philadelphia PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Pennsylvania State Police tried to traffic-stop a vehicle on the I-76. He vehicle did not stop and PSP escalated a chase that led to the vehicle crashing into a concrete barrier, hitting another car and rolling several times down an embankment. A 15-year-old boy passenger was killed. The 14-year-old girl who had been driving the car police claim was stolen is being charged with vehicular homicide.
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Martin Anaya
Case # :790
Age :26
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 10/01/2023
Location : 35th Ave+Bethany Home Rd
City : Phoenix
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Phoenix PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Martin Anaya was driving down the street in Phoenix on 10/01/2023 when a police chase at high speed after a person involved in a city bus robbery attempt caused a fleeing vehicle to crash into him, killing him. He leaves behind an 8-year-old son. His family needs support. His GoFundMe is linked below.
Source links :
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-killed-in-attempted-phoenix-robbery-leaves-behind-young-son
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :789
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 10/01/2023
Location : Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center
City : Springfield
County : Springfield
State : Illinois
Agency :
Officer(s) :
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during disturbance
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Springfield PD shot and killed a 17-year-old at the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center, sating there had been some type of “hostage situation.”
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :788
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/30/2023
Location : Hwy 101 offramp
City : San Francisco
County : San Francisco
State : California
Agency : San Francisco PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Police saw a car they felt may be connected to prior auto thefts and escalated a chase that ended at the 101 offramp when the vehicle crashed, killing the driver and injuring at least one other person.
Source links :
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash-in-san-francisco/3330983/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/driver-killed-car-break-in-crew-sf-police-say-18400006.php
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :787
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/30/2023
Location : Hwy 22, milepost 23
City : Independence
County : Polk
State : Oregon
Agency : Independence PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during chase
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Independence PD in Oregon initiated a high-risk car chase near Salem but has not disclosed why they escalated the chase that ended in the death of one person. Police allegedly tried to make a traffic stop on a car that did not stop for them. Police set up spike strips. The vehicle stopped and a man ran from the car, apparently trying to get into another vehicle when Independence PD caught up with him. Police allege that the man fired a shot at them, injuring an officer. They shot and killed him. The officer is expected to recover.
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James Brown
Case # :786
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : N Silver Lake Rd
City : Fountain
County : Bay
State : Florida
Agency : Bay County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during arrest
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Bay County deputies arrived at a residential address to arrest a man with open warrants for aggravated assault. The man resisted and BCSO called SWAT and orchestrated a militarized response to an arrest refusal. Brown hid in his home and when SWAT made forcible entry, they allegedly found him hiding in a hole in the ground. Police claim that he had a gun and SWAT shot and killed him in his home.
Source links :
https://www.wjhg.com/2023/09/29/6-hour-standoff-fountain-ends-suspect-shot/
Billy Gene Holden
Case # :785
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : Robinson+Kentucky St
City : Bakersfield
County : Kern
State : California
Agency : Bakersfield PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Bakersfield PD tried to stop a motorcycle for a vehicle code violation that fled. Police escalated a chase and the motorcycle crashed and the driver died.
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Marquay Swann 1 of 4
Case # :784
Age :14
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : Woodmore Rd
City : Woodmore
County : Prince George
State : Maryland
Agency : Prince George County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Prince George deputies saw a Kia with expired temporary tags and escalated a chase because they felt the car may be stolen. The Kia reached speeds where it lost control, crashed into a tree and exploded in a fireball, killing all 4 occupants. Police are working to identify the 4 people as they are too burnt to determine their genders or make any identification.The children were later identified as Serenity Sellman, 15, Dartrel Byers, 17, Zyshaun Cuffey, 15, and Marquay Swan, 14.
Source links :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/01/pg-stolen-suv-crash-tree-fire-four-killed/
Zyshaun Cuffey 2 of 4
Case # :783
Age :15
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : Woodmore Rd
City : Woodmore
County : Prince George
State : Maryland
Agency : Prince George Coun ty SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Prince George deputies saw a Kia with expired temporary tags and escalated a chase because they felt the car may be stolen. The Kia reached speeds where it lost control, crashed into a tree and exploded in a fireball, killing all 4 occupants. Police are working to identify the 4 people as they are too burnt to determine their genders or make any identification.
Source links :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/01/pg-stolen-suv-crash-tree-fire-four-killed/
Dartrel Byers 3 of 4
Case # :782
Age :17
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : Woodmore Rd
City : Woodmore
County : Prince George
State : Maryland
Agency : Prince George County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Prince George deputies saw a Kia with expired temporary tags and escalated a chase because they felt the car may be stolen. The Kia reached speeds where it lost control, crashed into a tree and exploded in a fireball, killing all 4 occupants. Police are working to identify the 4 people as they are too burnt to determine their genders or make any identification.The children were later identified as Serenity Sellman, 15, Dartrel Byers, 17, Zyshaun Cuffey, 15, and Marquay Swan, 14.
Source links :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/01/pg-stolen-suv-crash-tree-fire-four-killed/
https://www.crimeonline.com/2023/10/01/4-dead-in-stolen-vehicle-involved-in-fiery-crash-after-fleeing-police/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/4-teens-killed-in-stolen-kia-crash-after-police-pursuit-in-prince-georges/3435512/
Serenity Sellman 4 of 4
Case # :781
Age :15
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : Woodmore Rd
City : Woodmore
County : Prince George
State : Maryland
Agency : Prince George County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Prince George deputies saw a Kia with expired temporary tags and escalated a chase because they felt the car may be stolen. The Kia reached speeds where it lost control, crashed into a tree and exploded in a fireball, killing all 4 occupants. Police are working to identify the 4 people as they are too burnt to determine their genders or make any identification. The children were later identified as Serenity Sellman, 15, Dartrel Byers, 17, Zyshaun Cuffey, 15, and Marquay Swan, 14.
Source links :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/01/pg-stolen-suv-crash-tree-fire-four-killed/
https://ksltv.com/590577/suspect-dead-after-fleeing-from-st-george-police-into-mesquite/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/4-teens-killed-in-stolen-kia-crash-after-police-pursuit-in-prince-georges/3435512/
John Toussaint
Case # :780
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/29/2023
Location : 424 Ocean
City : Portsmouth
County : Rockingham
State : New Hampshire
Agency : Portsmouth PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Rockingham County deputies saw a vehicle with front end damage that was also missing an inspection sticker and they escalated a chase. The driver fled and deputies chased the vehicle into Hampton where the Greenland PD joined the hunt. Police chased the vehicle until it lost control and crashed in the woods near 424 Ocean Road, killing the unnamed driver. This fatal chase was undertaken for only a missing registration sticker and a driver who did not stop for police.
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Christine Guerin Sandoval *COP
Case # :779
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Latinx
Date : 09/28/2023
Location : N Spruce+W Bijou
City : Colorado Springs
County : El Paso
State : Colorado
Agency : Colorado Springs PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Parole officer killed by vehicle by parolee
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Colorado Department of Corrections parole officer was a pedestrian at the intersection of North Spruce Street and West Bijou Street just west of downtown Colorado Springs at about 3:45 p.m. on 09/28/2023 when they were hit and killed by a vehicle driven by 41-year-old parolee Justin Andrew Kula. A still unnamed DOC corrections officer was killed and a second parole officer was injured.
Colorado issued a “Blue Alert” manhunt and arrested Justin Kula several hours later. A Blue Alert is issued when a law enforcement officer is killed, suffered serious bodily injury, or is missing while in the line of duty and law enforcement calls for a state-wide manhunt after the person who harmed any member of police.
IncarcerNation is working to identify the deceased parole officer and clarify whether any relationship to the driver on parole pre-existed and will update this file as more information becomes available.
Source links :
https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/28/colorado-parole-officer-killed-colorado-springs/
Jason Chapman *COP
Case # :778
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/27/2023
Location :
City : Okeechobee
County :
State : Florida
Agency : Okeechobee PD
Officer(s) : Jason Chapman
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in off-duty crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Okeechobee officer Jason Chapman was killed in an off-duty vehicle crash on 09/27/2023. Details were not released.
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Jose Gonzalez Jr. 3 of 3
Case # :777
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 09/26/2023
Location : E 10th+N Mitthoefer Rd
City : Indianapolis
County : Marion
State : Indiana
Agency : Indianapolis PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Indianapolis PD attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that kept driving. IMPD escalated a high-speed chase and allegedly called it off during high risk but the vehicle crashed, T-boning another vehicle, killing both drivers and a passenger including a total of 2 third party motorists who were hit by the police chase crash. It is not immediately known who the drivers and passengers were but the fatalities are named as Makayla Hankins (21), Christian Leyba-Gonzalez (14) and Jose Gonzalez Jr. (32).
So far, IMPD has provided no explanation why they undertook this high-risk multi-fatality chase in city traffic.
Source links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNKGPEpRDc
Photo Source: Arkansas State Police
Christian Leyta-Gonzalez 2 of 3
Case # :776
Age :21
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/26/2023
Location : E 10th+N Mitthoefer Rd
City : Indianapolis
County : Marion
State : Indiana
Agency : Indianapolis PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Indianapolis PD attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that kept driving. IMPD escalated a high-speed chase and allegedly called it off during high risk but the vehicle crashed, T-boning another vehicle, killing both drivers and a passenger including a total of 2 third party motorists who were hit by the police chase crash. It is not immediately known who the drivers and passengers were but the fatalities are named as Makayla Hankins (21), Christian Leyba-Gonzalez (14) and Jose Gonzalez Jr. (32).
So far, IMPD has provided no explanation why they undertook this high-risk multi-fatality chase in city traffic.
Source links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNKGPEpRDc
Photo Source: Arkansas State Police
Makayla Hankins 1 of 3
Case # :775
Age :21
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/26/2023
Location : E 10th+N Mitthoefer Rd
City : Indianapolis
County : Marion
State : Indiana
Agency : Indianapolis PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Indianapolis PD attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that kept driving. IMPD escalated a high-speed chase and allegedly called it off during high risk but the vehicle crashed, T-boning another vehicle, killing both drivers and a passenger including a total of 2 third party motorists who were hit by the police chase crash. It is not immediately known who the drivers and passengers were but the fatalities are named as Makayla Hankins (21), Christian Leyba-Gonzalez (14) and Jose Gonzalez Jr. (32).
So far, IMPD has provided no explanation why they undertook this high-risk multi-fatality chase in city traffic.
Source links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNKGPEpRDc
Photo Source: Arkansas State Police
Lela A. Williams 2 of 2
Case # :774
Age :53
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/25/2023
Location : Aztec Rd
City : Fort Mojave
County : Mojave
State : Arizona
Agency : Bullhead City PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in crash with off duty officer
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Bullhead PD officer Belarmino Diaz was involved in a vehicle crash off duty with a second party on 09/25/2023 and died from his injuries. The second driver also died. Police did not disclose any details about circumstances of the crash that occurred at 5:40 a.m. near the casino. It is unknown whether alcohol or substances were a factor in the crash. The other deceased driver was 53-year-old Lela A. Williams.
Source links :
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/09/25/bullhead-city-police-officer-killed-off-duty-crash/
Belarmino Diaz *COP 1 of 2
Case # :773
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 09/25/2023
Location : Aztec Rd
City : Fort Mojave
County : Mojave
State : Arizona
Agency : Bullhead City PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed off duty in vehicle crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Bullhead PD officer Belarmino Diaz was involved in a vehicle crash off duty with a second party on 09/25/2023 and died from his injuries. The second driver also died. Police did not disclose any details about circumstances of the crash that occurred at 5:40 a.m. near the casino. It is unknown whether alcohol or substances were a factor in the crash. The other deceased driver was 53-year-old Lela A. Williams.
Source links :
https://www.azfamily.com/2023/09/25/bullhead-city-police-officer-killed-off-duty-crash/
Byron Brown
Case # :772
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/25/2023
Location : I-30
City : Pulaski
County : Pulaski
State : Arkansas
Agency : Arkansas State Police
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle, PIT maneuver
Event : Killed by PIT maneuver/police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Arkansas State Police saw a BMW with invalid or fake tags and escalated a high-speed chase. Arkansas State Police admits attacking the vehicle with a PIT maneuver at 120 mph. Experts have warned that PIT maneuvers are commonly fatal at speeds above 35 mph. Considering this high-speed attack, Arkansas State Police likely meant to kill the driver. Byron Brown predictably crashed and died after the PIT attack.
Source links :
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/sep/26/pit-maneuver-by-state-trooper-ends-in-drivers/
Sharon I. Ault
Case # :771
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/25/2023
Location : Lee’s Summit Rd+South Ave
City : Independence
County : Jackson
State : Missouri
Agency : Independence PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
On 09/25/2023, Independence PD tried to pull over a Ford F150 that they believed to be stolen. Police escalated a chase until the panicked driver ended up fleeing head-on in the wrong direction on Little Blue Parkway. Police allegedly “ended the pursuit” just before the hunted vehicle hit the Dodge Avenger of Sharon I. Ault head-on killing her. Ault had been a third party motorist killed by the police chase crash.
Source links :
https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/two-people-in-custody-after-fatal-wrong-way-crash-in-independence
Dariann Chantell Waters 1 of 2
Case # :770
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/24/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Asheville
County : Buncombe
State : North Carolina
Agency : Asheville PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Kiled by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Asheville PD saw a Dodge Challenger in Asheville and remembered that a Dodge Challenger had earlier been reported in a fight/assault in another part of town. Believing it may be the same vehicle, Asheville PD escalated a chase. The vehicle fled and police claim they briefly lost sight of it until they found it at the bottom of an embankment after rolling over during the chase. Driver DariannChantell Waters and passenger Maurice Dijon Jones were killed.
Source links :
https://www.audacy.com/989word/news/local/two-dead-after-crashing-during-police-chase-in-asheville
Ronell Thomas
Case # :769
Age :13
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/24/2023
Location : Bellflower St+Seneca Rd
City : Adelanto
County : San Bernardino
State : California
Agency : Adelanto PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Adelanto PD followed a vehicle they believed to be stolen. The driver did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the vehicle crashed at Bellflower Street and Seneca Road, killing 13-year-old Ronell Thomas. Two other boys, both 15, were hospitalized in unknown condition. The condition of two other boys, both 14, is unknown at this time.
Source links :
https://www.foxla.com/news/teen-killed-fleeing-deputies-in-stolen-car-in-adelanto
Maurice Dijon Jones 2 of 2
Case # :768
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/24/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Asheville
County : Buncombe
State : North Carolina
Agency : Asheville PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Asheville PD saw a Dodge Challenger in Asheville and remembered that a Dodge Challenger had earlier been reported in a fight/assault in another part of town. Believing it may be the same vehicle, Asheville PD escalated a chase. The vehicle fled and police claim they briefly lost sight of it until they found it at the bottom of an embankment after rolling over during the chase. Driver DariannChantell Waters and passenger Maurice Dijon Jones were killed.
Source links :
https://www.audacy.com/989word/news/local/two-dead-after-crashing-during-police-chase-in-asheville
Dariann Chantell Waters 1 of 2
Case # :767
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 09/24/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Asheville
County : Buncombe
State : North Carolina
Agency : Asheville PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Asheville PD saw a Dodge Challenger in Asheville and remembered that a Dodge Challenger had earlier been reported in a fight/assault in another part of town. Believing it may be the same vehicle, Asheville PD escalated a chase. The vehicle fled and police claim they briefly lost sight of it until they found it at the bottom of an embankment after rolling over during the chase. Driver DariannChantell Waters and passenger Maurice Dijon Jones were killed.
Source links :
https://www.audacy.com/989word/news/local/two-dead-after-crashing-during-police-chase-in-asheville
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :766
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/24/2023
Location : Barnes Ridge Rd+El Captain Dr
City : Dallas
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Dallas PD saw a vehicle they felt may be stolen and escalated a chase. Police claim that the driver fired a shot at them. They hunted him until he flipped the car and crashed, whereupon police shot and killed him.
Source links :
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/1-person-dead-traffic-stop-chase-dallas/
Darrin McMichael *COP
Case # :765
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : LBJ+St. Augustine
City : Arlington
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas PD
Officer(s) : Darrin McMichael
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty on motorcycle by hit and run driver
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Dallas PD officer Darrin McMichael was hit on his motorcycle on the LBJ freeway and killed on duty. The driver fled.
Source links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWB4TsvtL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhP6p4Q_3P4
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :764
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : McBride Ave+Nagle St
City : Paterson
County : Passaic
State : New Jersey
Agency : Paterson PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash on scooter
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
*** UPDATE 10/13/2023: Totowa PD are reported as stonewalling and locking up evidence in an Internal Investigation when they refused repeatedly to relinquish radio calls. They are also refusing to answer the question to this day, weeks after the fatal crash, why they were chasing David Lucero.
Paterson PD chased a person on a scooter for reasons they did not disclose until the scooter crashed into a vehicle and the driver died. Activists began protesting after the crash, stating that police hunt motorists for a sport and PDs from other jurisdictions such as in this case had a habit of hunting motorists in Paterson. BLM Paterson and other groups have been keeping the case visible.
Police did not release the name and identity of their chase victim nor the reason why this happened.The Attorney General's office issued a vague statement, also avoiding mention why the moped had been chased at all. “If the person did something wrong, they would have said it already,” stated Paterson Black Lives Matter organizer Zellie Thomas.
One day after the fatal crash, Paterson PD announced new, more restricted, guidelines in their own pursuit policies that govern police chases.
Source links :
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/21/paterson-nj-crash-involving-scooter-leaves-1-dead/70920725007/
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/23/nj-ag-quiet-on-why-totowa-cops-chased-scooter-driver-in-fatal-crash/70945414007/
https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/moped-rider-dies-after-police-chase-passaic-county-https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/10/13/totowa-nj-police-radio-calls-paterson-moped-crash/71171888007/
Katherine Colon
Case # :763
Age :40
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : Lexington St
City : New Britain
County : Hartford
State : Connecticut
Agency : New Britain PD
Officer(s) : Connor Reinsch
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police cruiser
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Katherine Colon was crossing a street in New Britain on foot when she was hit and killed by a New Britain police cruiser. Significant damage was visible to the police cruiser and there are unanswered questions where the officer was going, whether it was a dire emergency and what his speed had been.
Source links :
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/state-police-investigating-crash-in-new-britain/3109045/
Seyedeh Moeini
Case # :762
Age :52
Gender :Female
Race : Middle Eastern
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : Broadway+Christopher Columbus
City : Galveston
County : Galveston
State : Texas
Agency : Galveston
Officer(s) : Christopher McNeil
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by speeding police cruiser
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
EyediehMoeini was driving on Broadway and Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Galveston when her vehicle was hit by a Galveston officer. She died on her 52nd birthday.
Source links :
Darrin McMichael *COP
Case # :761
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : LBJ+St. Augustine
City : Arlington
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Dallas PD
Officer(s) : Darrin McMichael
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty on motorcycle by hit and run driver
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Dallas PD officer Darrin McMichael was hit on his motorcycle on the LBJ freeway and killed on duty. The driver fled.
Source links :
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :760
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/21/2023
Location : McBride Ave+Nagle St
City : Paterson
County : Passaic
State : New Jersey
Agency : Paterson PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash on scooter
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Paterson PD chased a person on a scooter for reasons they did not disclose until the scooter crashed into a vehicle and the driver died. Police did not release the name and identity of their chase victim nor the reason why this happened.