MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) - The name of the person killed when a stolen car struck a tree in Meriden last week has been made public, and police say they are still looking for the other occupant of the vehicle, who fled on foot after the crash.
City Councilor Larue Graham, chairman of the council’s public safety committee, tells The Record-Journal that the victim of the pre-dawn crash Friday was Deshawn Jones. He was the vehicle’s passenger.
Police Sgt. Christopher Fry says no arrests had been made but investigators have “identified a juvenile person of interest.”
Just minutes before the crash, officers had responded to report of two men “checking” cars in a nearby residential neighborhood. Officers then saw a vehicle fleeing the area at a high rate of speed.
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This story corrects that the victim’s name was made public by a city councilor and not by police.
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