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Name Not Disclosed

Case # :506

Gender : Female

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 05/06/2023

Location : Ethel St+Park Ave

City : Memphis

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : Memphis PD, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash for possibly stolen car

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

Memphis police admitted that a police pursuit ‘may have occurred’ before fatal crash that killed one woman and injured 4 others including a child. It appears that Memphis PD does not want responsibility for the casualties from a police chase. Memphis PD initially described this as a one-vehicle crash on Ethel Street and Park Avenue and added later that a chase “may have occurred.” The vehicle was chased because police felt it may be stolen.

Source links :

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2023/05/06/memphis-police-say-pursuit-may-have-occurred-before-fatal-crash/70191081007/