Incident in US-VA

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A 40-year-old officer with the Fredericksburg Police Department was shot and killed on June 6 during a felony traffic stop. Just after 11 p.m., a citizen reported that her former companion had been in the stairwell of her apartment building with a gun. An alert was issued and his vehicle was located in a nearby shopping center. When police approached, the man fled in his vehicle and headed directly to the apartment complex where the complainant lived. The man bailed out of his vehicle and ran behind an apartment building near a wooded area. The officer, who had nearly 2 years of law enforcement experience, ran in one direction, and a second officer ran in the opposite direction around the building. The second officer heard shots fired, and the suspect was then heard running through the wooded area towards the apartment building where the complainant lived. The suspect fired several shots at vehicles and police officers. As police were commanding him to drop his weapon, the suspect continued to shoot and then attempted to reload the weapon. After the suspect reloaded, police returned fire, and the 47-year-old suspect fatally shot himself in the head with his .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun, the same gun used to shoot the victim officer. A sergeant on the scene found the victim officer, who was wearing body armor, in the wooded area with a fatal gunshot wound to the rear of his head.

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State:
Virginia

Age of Victim:
36-40

Sex of Victim:
Male

Years of Experience:
1-5

Month of Incident:
June

Year of Incident:
2008

Location of fatal wound:
Rear Head

Body armor used?:
Yes

Weapon Used:
Firearm

Circumstance:
Traffic pursuit/stop

Age of Suspect:
46-50

Sex of Suspect:
Male

Disposition:
Committed suicide

Other officers assaulted during incident?:
No

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