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Malissa Williams

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Nov 29, 2012

Victim Details

Malissa Williams

Female

Black / African American

Cleveland

OH

2012-11-29

30

Malissa

Williams

07/04/2026

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Malissa Williams yells at, threatens Cleveland police

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Malissa Williams, a 30-year-old Black woman, tragically lost her life on November 29, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a victim of a police shooting that occurred at the end of a 22-minute, 23-mile high-speed chase. The chase began when police officers mistakenly believed that shots had been fired at them from the vehicle driven by Timothy Russell, with Williams as a passenger. In reality, the sound was caused by the vehicle's exhaust pipe backfiring.

The chase ended in a middle school p ...
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  • Washington Post: Six Cleveland police officers fired for fatal ‘137 shots’ car chase in 2012
  • Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams - Wikipedia
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