Location

July 25, 2017

3rd Street Diner

Richmond, Virginia

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
• Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed

Notes

Man with knife and ax, ordered to disarm; tasered; non compliant; shot by LEOs. 1LEO injured by friendly fire

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ax-wielding-man-in-kilt-shot-dead-by-police-after-standoff-in-downtown-richmond-va/

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• URL: http://www.nbc12.com/story/35964949/armed-man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-richmond

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• URL: http://wric.com/2017/07/25/man-shot-dead-by-police-after-he-refused-to-drop-ax-knife/

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• URL: http://www.nbc12.com/story/35977974/police-id-ax-wielding-suspect-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-in-richmond

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• URL: http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/richmond-police-identified-chester-man-as-ax--and-knife/article_1121337d-782c-579d-9023-52b9793b05c0.html

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 9
State House District: 71