Irvin Villarreal

How they died

Pursuit

At 11:38 p.m., two motorcycle officers attempted to stop two cars traveling 75 mph on Blackstone near Barstow. One of the drivers pulled his Camaro over, but the driver of a black Mustang, Irvin Villarreal,18, did not stop. A pursuing officer turned on his lights and siren, but reportedly was delayed from turning immediately onto Bullard when the traffic signal turned red. The officer reportedly lost the suspect other. The officer drove until he reached N Maroa Ave before ending the pursuit. Reportedly, two and a half minutes later, a 9-1-1 call came into dispatch reporting a three-car collision at Bullard and Palm. When officers arrived, three passengers, 27-year-old Christopher Vang and cousins Linda Chang, 21, and Allison Chang, 17, inside a pickup truck hit by the Mustang were dead. Two other passengers in the pickup truck are hospitalized, with one in critical condition. A Mini Cooper driven by a 17-year-old girl was also hit, and she was injured. The driver of the Mustang, Villarreal, was killed. N Maroa Ave and W Bullard Ave is less than 800 yards from N Palm Ave & W Bullard Ave.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Irvin Villarreal, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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