Incident

11-13-2021 Virginia Big Stone Gap 1-1

Location

November 13, 2021

2500 block of Orr St
Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Officer Michael D. Chandler
  • Age: 29
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Michael Donivan White
  • Age: 33
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
  • Drug involvement
  • Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

officer shot during welfare check at vacant home, later died; subject arrest in Kingsport, TN

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

  • Type: Unknown

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 6
State House District: 45