Victim Who Died In Crash During Salisbury Police Chase Identified

SALISBURY, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Attorney General’s bureau identified the antheral who died past week aft crashing his car during a constabulary pursuit successful Salisbury arsenic 35-year-old Jamaal Parish Mitchell, an African-American nonmigratory of Salisbury.

The Independent Investigations Division of the Office of Attorney General besides identified the 2 officers progressive with the incident, Pfc. Christopher Denny of the Salisbury Police Department and Deputy David Munir of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.

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Denny has been with the section for 7 years and is assigned to the Road Patrol and K-9 Services. Munir has been with the sheriff’s bureau for 2 years and is assigned to the Patrol Division.

According to initial reports, connected Oct. 21 astir 10 p.m., Denny reportedly noticed a car adjacent the intersection of Delaware Ave. and West Salisbury Parkway that was swerving and didn’t person its headlights on.

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Denny tried to initiate a postulation stop, reasoning the operator mightiness beryllium impaired, but Mitchell did not stop.

Mitchell past turned onto Queen Avenue and deed Munir’s cruiser and past a 2nd vehicle. The 2nd collision caused Mitchell to suffer power of the vehicle, deed a parked car and clang into a tree. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

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The Independent Investigations Division, a radical tasked with investigating each national deaths involving police, is reviewing the incidental with assistance from the Maryland State Police Crash Team, the Salisbury Police Department, and the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.

CBS Baltimore Staff