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Charges filed in deadly police crash near 20th and Burleigh

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Charges have been filed against a man police say led them on a car chase that ended in a deadly crash.

Milwaukee police say they were chasing 40-year-old Robert Jones after he failed to pull over for a traffic stop. The chase ended with a crash into a car that 30-year-old Amari Smith was sitting in. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jones is facing one count of fleeing/eluding an officer resulting in the death of another and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.


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