Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

Officers were first called to a Taco Bell at about 5:10 p.m. for a report of a woman who had been assaulted. Officers found a 22-year-old woman at the restaurant who told them she had been assaulted by a former boyfriend who had stolen her car. She told police the 41-year-old former boyfriend showed up at her place of business and asked her for a ride and she complied. Soon after getting into the other, the man asked her to pull into a parking lot and started to assault the woman and placed her hands in zip ties. She was able to open a door and run to the nearby Taco Bell where the doors were locked because of COVID-19. An employee let her in the restaurant, and the man took off in her other. About 30 minutes later, Yakima Police spotted the other, and a chase started. A Yakima County Sheriff's Deputy joined the pursuit and rammed the other, but the chase continued. The suspect finally stopped the other, pulled out a gun and shot and killed himself.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Name withheld by police, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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