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Wayne B. Kemp Jr.

Wayne B. Kemp Jr.

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Gender Male
Age 22 yrs
Nationality United States
Marital Status Unknown
Date of Death 08/23/2000
Location Baugh Ave. and N. 11th St. East St. Louis IL 62205 St. Clair
Cause of Death

Suicide

Wayne B. Kemp Jr. reportedly shot himself after a 15-mile police chase. At about 5:30 p.m., deputies had responded to a domestic disturbance in Belleville, where Kemp allegedly showed a weapon and fled north on Old Collinsville Road in a Geo Metro. Kemp drove for about three miles with the deputy in pursuit, turned west through a restaurant parking lot onto Lincoln Trail, went north on IL-157, and then west onto I-64. State police joined the chase, which continued into East St. Louis, where Kemp took the Baugh Avenue exit, ran a police roadblock, crashed through a fence, went down an embankment, and hit a support for the MetroLink bridge. Kemp was found dead in his car from what St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right temple.

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Alleged Responsible Party
St. Clair County Sheriff's Office
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Sources & References

1 drive.google.com Open source
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