Family of pregnant bystander killed in police chase file lawsuit against OKC
A pregnant woman was killed while Oklahoma City police pursued a suspect. Now, her mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
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A pregnant woman was killed while Oklahoma City police pursued a suspect. Now, her mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
An investigation by The Oklahoman in the wake of Star Shells' death revealed the areas of OKC where police pursuits are initiated, the reasons why an officer attempted to make the stop, and how preva…
Oklahoman She kept the burial flag of her grandfather, a U.S. Army veteran, in her car window, and it was that flag, in pieces and scattered on the northeast Oklahoma City street, that signified Star Shells was dead. Shells’ mother, Connie Basco, got the call Monday morning, shortly after Shells, 28, dropped her two young sons off at John W. Rex Charter School and was on her way home. There had been a police chase, ending in a violent car wreck at Martin Luther King Avenue and NE 16. It scattered car parts along an entire city block. Basco arrived on the scene, desperate for answers. ...