Wayne Abiran Towns

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Police chased Benjamin Chavez in an allegedly carjacked other, then crashed into two other vehicles -- killing one of the occupants. Chavez, 26, was charged with murder, aggravated robbery, and evading arrest causing death. Undercover officers spotted the other shortly before 2 p.m. and alerted patrol officers to its location. When the patrol officers turned on their lights and sirens, Chavez sped off, police said. Police cruisers and a helicopter followed him until he crashed into two other vehicles then ran away, police said. Two occupants of the other vehicles involved in the crash were hospitalized. Wayne Towns died of his injuries.

Why we remember them

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

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