Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

An unidentified man died after he reportedly stabbed himself and was tasered following a police chase. Deputies pursued an Oldsmobile Bravada whose driver allegedly fled a traffic stop on US-54 at around 9:45 a.m. The chase continued south on I-135 and through South Wichita and Haysville before merging onto the Kansas Turnpike. The pursuit then entered Sumner County, where officers deployed stop spikes and a deputy performed a PIT maneuver to stop the Oldsmobile. Deputies reportedly found the man stabbing himself with a small folding knife, so they Tasered him to get him to stop. He died at the scene.

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.

References & sources