Ricky Salas Jr.

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Bryan J. Abbott reportedly struck Ricky Salas Jr. as Salas was walking on Farrand Road around 3:30 a.m. Abbott's friend, officer Mitchel D. Manwell, was in another car and saw Salas seconds before he was hit, Manwell told Abbott to leave the scene, witnesses said. Manwell, 23, was reportedly a probationary FPD officer. He was fired after Salas' death. Abbott was sentenced to 5 years' probation, a year in jail and 6 months on electronic tether for his plea to leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death. Manwell was initially charged with two felonies--failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death and accessory after the fact. In a plea agreement, the first charge was amended to a misdemeanor and the second charge was dropped. As part of Manwell's plea agreement, he also gave up state certification as a police officer and agreed not to seek employment as an officer.

Why we remember them

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

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