Police killings
2013-2020

Mylynda Martinez

Female, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 5/13/2016

Mascotte, Lake, FL
FL-33 and East Cardinal Pines Drive

Mylynda Martinez was on the run after police tried to pull her over for a traffic infraction. Police said they had been following her from a drug house in Leesburg. Martinez was on County Road 33, fleeing Lake County deputies, when she lost control of the car, which had been disabled by spike strips, and went into oncoming traffic. Martinez then crashed head-on into the Escalade driven by Kimberly King, killing them both.