Joel Allen

Male, White

Date of the incident: 9/8/2014

Place of the incident:

Dallas, Dallas, TX
1550 Empire Central Drive

Officer Michael DeWilde, investigating an unrelated incident and possibly not in uniform, saw Allen participating in what he thought was a drug deal and approached Allen's vehicle as he got in. Allen pulled away, hitting DeWilde, who landed on the hood of the moving vehicle. From the hood, DeWilde shot Allen and was then thrown off. Allen soon hit another vehicle on a highway. He died in the hospital a week later.

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