Incidents

"The identity of the woman has not yet been shared. However, Gwendolyn Andrews, a prominent chaplain and community mediator with the Richmond Police Department, told 8News that she was a mother of two kids."

Officers from the Christiansburg Police shot and killed a man near the 300 block of Miller Street SE, Christiansburg, VA on April 12, 2026.

Officers from the Chesterfield County Police shot and killed TamonDrick Javon Burroughs, Jr., a 32-year-old Black man, near 4000 block of Frye Terrace, South Chesterfield, VA on April 7, 2026.

Officers from the Henry County Sheriff's Office shot and killed Christopher Thomas Shepard, a 35-year-old white man, near Berry Hill Court Extension, Martinsville, VA 24112 on April 7, 2026.

Officers from the Page County Sheriff's Office shot and killed Kevin Lee McAlister Jr., a 29-year-old man, near Jollett Rd and Grindstone Mountain View Rd, Shenandoah, VA 22827 on March 31, 2026.

Officers from the Virginia State Police shot and killed Jared Llamado, a 32-year-old Hispanic man, near I-495 southbound exit 52, Fairfax, VA on March 1, 2026.

Officer Nicholas Brazones from the Fairfax County Police shot and killed Chhatra Thapa, a 54-year-old Asian man, near 3900 block of Persimmon Drive, Mantua Township, VA 22031 on February 23, 2026.

Officers from the Washington County Sheriff's Office shot and killed Christopher Allen Smith, a 52-year-old white man, near Driftwood Lane, Abingdon, VA 24211 on February 17, 2026.

Officers from the Broadway Police shot and killed Michael Hopkins Smith, a 61-year-old white man, near 118 W. Lee St., Broadway, VA 22815 on February 10, 2026.

Officers from the James City County Police shot and killed Stephen Thomas Ball, a 33-year-old man, near 6700 Mooretown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188 on January 28, 2026.

Two Richmond Police Department officers shot 41-year-old Thomas Alexander in Richmond.

Officers from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office shot and killed Conner James Peltzer, a 30-year-old white man, near 19360 Compass Creek Pkwy, Leesburg, VA on January 6, 2026.

Officers from the Virginia State Police shot and killed Jacob Wesley Adkins, a 25-year-old white man, near Deerview Rd, Keswick, VA on December 29, 2025.

Under Sheriff Bradford "Chip" Shuler on March 20, 2025, an officer of the Smyth County Sheriff's Office shot and killed a man on March 20, 2025 near I-95 at Joplin Road in Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia. Bradford "Chip" Shuler is elected sheriff at this time.

Richmond Police officers shot a man during a traffic stop on March 6, 2025. They said he "failed to comply."

"Police said they were called to the store for a report of a suspicious person. A clerk told an officer that a man with a knife had tried to rob the store. When the officer approached Closson, he produced a cutting tool roughly six inches long, with an approximately three-inch serrated edge, police said. The officer fired his gun after Closson advanced toward him and ignored numerous commands to stop, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The officer, a five-year veteran of the department who hasn’t been identified by police, wasn’t injured. He’s been placed on administrative leave, which is standard practice for officer-involved shootings."

Alexandria City Manager James F. Parajon appointed Tarrick McGuire, a man formerly of Texas, as the new Chief of Police for the Alexandria Police Department.

McGuire was sworn in on December 11, 2024.

Alexandria Police Department's former Chief, Don Hayes, left the agency months earlier that year.

APD is one of the largest and most politically powerful law enforcement bodies in Virginia.

"On Monday, September 16, at approximately 10:17 a.m., an officer responded to a residence in the 11800 block of Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston for a welfare check. FCPD received a request from a mental health professional to conduct a welfare check on 33-year-old Sydney Wilson, of Reston, who was reported to be in an agitated state."

Body cam footage shows Wilson slashing at officer Peter Liu with a kitchen knife. He attempted to de-escalate, then shot Wilson 3 times, killing her.