Juan Muniz

Pursuit

Public Safety Officer Joel West spotted Thomas Vyverman's Ford F-150 after another officer reported Vyverman had failed to stop. West followed Vyverman's Ford F-150 west. West said he turned on his lights to try to stop the other, but he turned off his lights and told dispatchers he would not actively pursue the truck as it picked up speed, fleeing north on Portage. A public safety officer going south on Portage also turned around in front of West's patrol car to follow the truck, and another patrol car pulled ahead from a side street. Vyverman's truck crashed a half-mile later, hitting a car driven by Mary Muniz, 62, and killing both her and her husband, Juan Muniz, 66.