Two Virginia Beach police officers shot dead while 'defenseless' during late-night traffic stop

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Two Virginia Beach police officers shot dead while 'defenseless' during late-night traffic stop

Two young officers were killed Friday night during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach. While officers were on the ground "defenseless," the suspect allegedly shot them a second time.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Tartakovsky]

“A felon with a firearm would be a new felony charge”….

Really? He murdered two cops doing their job and you’re hung up on “felon with a firearm”?

 

[HARRYM]

We found him dead out back in a shed with a bullet wound to his head........

That works for me.

Would like to see the perps rap sheet.

Condolences to the officers families.

RIP

 

[Kicker96FS]

self inflicted, Sure.....

 

[MassPete]

If you killed 2 of my brothers, you too would have a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

 

[Parker Schreiber]

My condolences to the families and the VB community. I’m afraid this is going to come off as victim blaming but something seems a bit off.

The cops attempted a traffic stop for an expired plate at around midnight. According to the police chief, the murderer refused to yield and a pursuit ensued. There was then a “tussle” and the murderer was able to pull a gun and shoot both officers.

Like many cities, VB has a gang problem, so I suspect the license plate stop at that time of night was a pretext. I have my opinion of such stops and you have yours. Either way, once the perp “failed to yield,” shouldn’t the cops call for backup before engaging? And given the circumstances, why didn’t at least one officer stay behind their cruiser with gun drawn rather than get into a “tussle?”

I’m fine with a COD determination of suicide, even if there’s a coincidental body cam failure.

 

[Agnotology]

“A felon with a firearm would be a new felony charge”….

Really? He murdered two cops doing their job and you’re hung up on “felon with a firearm”?

I think he was speaking to what might have motivated McCoy to take such drastic actions.

Personally, he should have started this entire ordeal by shooting himself in the head.




some basic google-fu tells me the penalty for driving on expired tags in Virginia is $25 if less than a year expired, and between $25 and $250 if it is more than a year expired. A court summons occurs, and it is also written into law that the judge has the discretion to dismiss the charges if the vehicle is brought into compliance by the court date.

Assuming there was nothing else wrong (no insurance, no license, etc) this guy killed two people over basically nothing.