Charles Wayne Bennett

How they died

Deadly force

A Blue Ash police officer attempted to stop a black Chevrolet for driving erratically. The driver, Bennett, attempted to strike the police officer's cruiser, and a pursuit ensued. Blue Ash officers soon learned the Chevrolet was stolen. The suspect's other collided with a Blue Ash police cruiser at the intersection of Reed Hartman and Cooper Road. As two officers approached on foot, the suspect accelerated toward one of them. Both officers fired at the suspect's other. The suspect then attempted to take off again and collided with another cruiser. A third officer approached the other and was struck as the suspect accelerated.

Why we remember them

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

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