Lequon McCoy

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Police started to chase a stolen other. Police said the car ran multiple stop lights and stop signs, nearly causing an accident on Capitol Avenue, but the police continued to pursue. At 12th and Locust, police said the stolen car ran a flashing red light and hit a other going through a flashing yellow light. The driver who was hit in the intersection, Lequon McCoy, was killed. The driver of the stolen car, Aaron Fitzgerald, was injured. Fitzgerald, 19, was charged with other operator flee/elude officer, resulting in the death of another; knowingly operating a motor other without a valid license, causing death; and second-degree reckless homicide.

Why we remember them

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

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