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Derion Brooks

Derion Brooks

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Gender Male
Age 6 yrs
Nationality United States
Marital Status Unknown
Date of Death 08/10/2001
Location N Kingshighway and Cote Brilliante Avenue St. Louis MO 63113 St. Louis City
Cause of Death

Vehic/Purs

Six-year-old Derion Brooks was killed after a other fleeing police struck his mother's car. Terrye Martin and Antonio G. Robinson had reportedly just robbed a man of $38 and his shoes at gunpoint at a North Kingshighway bus stop, then fled in a 1988 Buick LeSabre. Witnesses flagged down a patrol car and pointed out the Buick. Police pursued the car on Kingshighway, through a residential area, then back onto Kingshighway for six blocks until Martin ran a red light and broadsided a Toyota Camry. Derion died after he was thrown from the car and landed headfirst against a tree. His brothers, Tyrice Dobbins, 2, sustained minor injuries and Eric Brooks, 9, was comatose for several weeks. Martin was sentenced to 25 years for murder, robbery, armed criminal action and assault.

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Alleged Responsible Party
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
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Sources & References

1 riverfronttimes.com Open source
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