Donnell Thompson Jr.

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies attempted to stop a car for a traffic violation. The driver in the car refused to pull over and fled from deputies, and deputies chased him. During the pursuit, deputies discovered that the car had been stolen in an armed carjacking earlier in the morning. The chase ended when the car crashed near Slater and Compton avenues. Donnell Thompson then got out of the car and began shooting at the deputies. The deputies fired back, and Thompson ran into an adjacent neighborhood. It was unclear if Thompson was shot at the time. The man was found hiding in a home and taken into custody. At the same time that was happening, SWAT officers spotted another man, believed to be matching the description of the suspect, in the driveway of a home in the 800 block of West Stockwell Street. Police said Thompson charged at them before they fatally shot him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Donnell Thompson Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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