Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland Died After Police Believed He Was Driving Stolen Car

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Body and dash cam footage from rule enforcement officials person charted nan events starring up to nan death of Dallas Cowboys subordinate Marshawn Kneeland earlier this month.

The 24-year-old was recovered dormant successful nan early greeting hours of 6 November hours aft being pursued by officers who had attempted a postulation extremity successful suburban Dallas. Police opportunity Kneeland took his ain life.

At first, authorities didn’t cognize nan personification they were pursuing connected nan evening of 5 November was Kneeland, initially believing nan car he was driving had been stolen. After nan driver abandoned nan conveyance aft a crash, authorities learned that nan fishy was Kneeland. His family and friends feared he was successful threat of harm arsenic he had sent messages telling them goodbye. They reached retired to authorities to find him.

A trooper pinch nan Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began chasing Kneeland’s car astatine 10.33pm that evening, according to an discourtesy report. The trooper said Kneeland’s conveyance reached speeds higher than 145 mph but different troopers successful assemblage camera footage released by DPS said they believed nan pursuit reached speeds of up to 160 mph.

The trooper mislaid Kneeland’s car but it was later recovered astir 10.45pm aft it had collided pinch a motortruck successful Frisco, a suburb of Dallas. Troopers said Kneeland’s car was abandoned but they recovered an quiet holster inside, starring them to judge nan driver was armed. Troopers and officers didn’t cognize astatine that constituent who nan fishy was, initially believing nan conveyance mightiness person been stolen.

At astir 11.20pm, DPS troopers and Frisco constabulary section officers were searching for Kneeland successful a wooded area and a bid of drainage tunnels nether a sidewalk. “If you’re successful this tunnel, I’m going to nonstop my canine successful here. He is going to wound you. This is your past opportunity,” nan Frisco serviceman said.

Authorities later fired capsicum balls into nan tunnels and sent successful a drone but did not find Kneeland inside.

By 1am connected 6 November, authorities had learned nan driver was Kneeland and they had concisely detained but not charged his girlfriend, Catalina Mancera. She had driven to nan segment of nan hunt area but initially hadn’t told authorities of her relationship to Kneeland. Authorities later said Mancera worked pinch officers to find Kneeland.

In different footage, rule enforcement officers, while searching nan area, discussed that Kneeland was an NFL subordinate and that he had texted goodbye to family members. About 30 minutes later, Kneeland’s assemblage was located.

Mancera said successful a Facebook station connected Monday that she still thinks that Kneeland will locomotion done their beforehand door.

“My saccharine boy is really gone. The things that I would do conscionable to clasp you 1 much clip and show you really overmuch you mean to me. But now I person you to watch complete maine and hold for maine connected nan different side. I will spot you again,” Mancera wrote.

The Cowboys person said that a memorial money had been started to support Mancera, who is pregnant pinch nan couple’s child.

His Cowboys teammates person paid tribute to nan protect extremity since his death. “We emotion Marshawn and will proceed to radiance a ray for him. We’re blessed to transportation his ray forward,” said Dallas backmost Dak Prescott past week.

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