IL Woman Jonica Walker ID’d As Dekalb Suspect Killed In Crash After Fleeing Police In SUV Saturday

DEKALB, IL. (THECOUNT) — Jonica Walker, of DeKalb, Illinois, has been identified as the woman killed after she sped from police and crashed an SUV into a tree in west suburban DeKalb.

Walker, 24, was being followed by DeKalb Police who began following the SUV after it was found about 11:30 p.m. in a parking lot near 1000 W Hillcrest Dr, in DeKalb. Police were already on-scene investigating a call of gunshots fired, according to authorities.

Officers noticed an SUV leaving the scene with a man in another vehicle speeding after her. The man yelled for police to stop the vehicle.

Police attempted to catch up to the speeding vehicle, which was traveling without its headlights, but ended their pursuit after it sped through an intersection at Hillcrest and Normal, Sullivan said.

The vehicle was found shortly after crashed through a fence and into a tree in the 500 block of West Hillcrest Drive, according to police.

Walker was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, 24-year-old Jonica Walker, of DeKalb, was pronounced dead at the scene. source

The DeKalb County coroner’s office has not released an official cause of death.

Anyone with possible information should contact police at 911.

DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 according to the 2010 census, up from 39,018 at the 2000 census. The city is named after decorated Franconian-French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War, according to Wikipedia.