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Edward Lucas Jr.

United States · Aged 15 · Died 09/22/2005
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Pedestrian Edward Lucas Jr. was killed when officer Charlton McKay ran a stop sign and hit him with his car. McKay reportedly left the scene right after the crash, and then filed a false report the next day claiming his car was stolen hours before Lucas was killed. The car was recovered with damage. In 2007, McKay, was found guilty of reckless homicide, falsely filing a police report and leaving the scene of an accident. McKay was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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