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Nelson Santiago
United States · Aged 39 · Died 05/23/2002
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Deadly force
In the early morning hours Boston police twice spotted a stolen a stolen grey Toyota Camry. On the third sighting police were able to box the other, driven by Santiago, into a dead end. In attempting a U-turn to escape Santiago accelerated toward officers on foot. In response they fired at him about 9 times. Santiago was mortally wounded, crash the Camry into three other vehicles, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Alleged responsible partyBoston Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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