Chased by a police car, he hits a building which purely and simply collapses

There muscular pursuit racewhich should have been stopped, ends badly by collapsing an old abandoned restaurant and by killing a poor pedestrian fifties. On February 8, 2023, 33-year-old Shawn Lee Brunson drives a 2017 Hyundai Sonata, a car stolen the day before. Throwing his car at full speed on a portion of the avenue fleeing the police who were chased after himhe mows down a car at an intersection and ends his mad dash at the foot of an old brick building. The abandoned brick building has collapsed.

The bricks buried the stolen car, with Shawn Lee Brunson and two other people in it. He also hit another car and Alfred Fincher, an innocent pedestrian passing by. You can’t see the 54-year-old very well in the shared video by the Independent Investigations Division of the Attorney General’s Office. On the other hand, we can clearly see how the car stolen and driven by Shawn Lee Brunson hit a red car. The latter spins and is thrown in the direction of the old brick building.

The pursuit had to be stopped

The terrible accident killed one person and seriously injured five other people two of whom were with Shawn Lee Brunson in the 2017 Hyundai Sonata. Footage shared by the DA’s office reveals thatan officer was ordered to end his pursuit shortly before the terrible accident happened, reveals the DailyMail. Dayna Waheedah, a woman who knew Alfred Fincher, the 54-year-old pedestrian victim killed in the crash, said the building that collapsed was a restaurant called Northstar. “I have lived in this community for 7 and a half years, and the building was about to collapse in the last 15 years ; it should have been demolished many years ago“, she said.