jan 5, 2020 - Kwame Jones

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Officer N.E. Lawson spotted a car with two men inside going south in the northbound lanes of Moncrief Road around 9:20 p.m. The officer turned his cruiser around and attempted to stop the car, but the driver refused to stop. The pursued car crashed into another car. Two people in the other car suffered minor injuries, and the car the officer was following crashed into a pedestrian bridge. As Lawson approached the suspect car, there was an exchange of gunfire, and the officer killed one and wounded the other.

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