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Matthew Quentin Tatum
United States · Aged 27 · Died 10/03/2012
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Matthew Tatum died when he reportedly ran, while handcuffed, into the path of an 18-wheeler while avoiding arrest after marijuana was found by drug task force members who'd initially pulled Tatum over for failure to signal. At around 8 a.m., members of the Calcasieu Combined Anti-drug Task Force stopped Tatum for not signaling when changing lanes on I-10 E. Officials said a search of the other revealed about four pounds of marijuana in luggage inside the other, so the officers arrested and handcuffing Tatum. According to police, Tatum then bolted into the path of an 18-wheeler and was killed.
Alleged responsible partyCalcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, Lake Charles Police Department, Westlake Police Department, DeQuincy Police Department, Vinton Police Department, Iowa Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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