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Tracy L. Phillips
United States · Aged 33 · Died 02/02/2001
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Deadly force
An officer shot unarmed Tracy L. Phillips twice in the head when he jumped into an unrelated motorist's pickup truck after crashing his car during a police chase. The pursuit began at about 1:40 p.m. at 63rd Street and Blue Ridge Cutoff, where an officer tried to stop a red Firebird because it "looked out of place." The officer chased the car along 63rd Street until it hit a pickup truck at Manchester Avenue. Phillips, the driver, and a woman jumped out of the Firebird car and ran. Phillips reportedly forced his way into 87-year-old Lester Embrey's Dodge Ram truck, which was stopped at an intersection, wedged himself between Embrey and his wife, and tried to make Embrey drive away. The officer approached and shot Phillips when he allegedly reached for his waistband. Phillips died from his injuries the next day.
Alleged responsible partyRaytown Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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