Priscilla Johnson

How they died

Pursuit

An unnamed woman was killed when she was ejected from a car fleeing from police. At about 8:50 p.m., a man had reportedly tried to buy an item at a San Leandro Radio Shack with counterfeit money. When a clerk confronted him, the man allegedly threatened to harm the clerk and fled the store with the item. The clerk called police. An officer saw the car leaving the scene and a high-speed chase began. The driver turned north onto San Leandro Boulevard and police said the officer lost sight of the car and stopped chasing it. Soon afterward, police reportedly found the car had crashed into a building on San Leandro Boulevard at Apricot Street. The woman died at the scene. Supporting information from USA Today's December 1, 2016, Fatal Pursuits project, which uses police-reported data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Why we remember them

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

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