Brian Pierce Jr.

Brooklyn police Officer Brian Pierce Jr. was killed when he was struck by a driver fleeing police around 3 a.m. on Aug 4. on the McKinley Bridge. Authorities said Caleb L. Campbell, 22, was speeding away from Illinois police in a Dodge Charger when Pierce attempted to lay out spike strips on the bridge to stop him. Campbell struck Pierce and fled into Missouri, where he was apprehended, police said. Campbell faces charges of first-degree murder, failure to report an accident involving injury or death, reckless homicide, failure to stop after having an accident involving personal injury or death, and aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.