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Miguel Reyes

October 8, 2014 · Bergen, Bergen County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Miguel Reyes
Age as recorded
20
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
Hispanic/Latino
Date of the injury resulting in death
October 8, 2014
Location as recorded
Bergen, Bergen County255 NJ-4 Bergen NJ 07652 Bergen
Highest level of force as recorded
Gunshot

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Bergen, Bergen County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Paramus Police Department

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The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Two Paramus officers responded to an alarm and found four suspects in a 2015 Kia K900. The driver, Reyes, attempted to flee, striking the police cruiser. The officer pursued on foot and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding Reyes, who crashed the car and fled on foot across the highway. He was pronounced dead about an hour later. 2017 wrongful death suit claims police officer shot Reyes before his vehicle struck the police cruiser. Police alleged vehicular assault.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.nj.com/bergen/2017/02/father_of_man_slain_by_paramus_cop_files_civil_rig.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 19 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2014, and one of 32 it holds for Bergen County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Miguel Reyes died on October 8, 2014 in Bergen, Bergen County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Paramus Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Bergen, Bergen County, on October 8, 2014. The address as recorded is 255 NJ-4 Bergen NJ 07652 Bergen.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 13153. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩