A Virginia police officer died Saturday night after being shot hours earlier, while performing an early-morning welfare check, according to reports. It was his 29th birthday.
hours earlier, while performing an early-morning welfare check, according to reports. It was his 29th birthday. following an"extensive" manhunt, WDBJ-TV of Roanoke reported. The suspect, a Virginia man, was later taken into custody about 40 miles away at a Kingsport, Tennessee, motel, according to WTVR-TV in Richmond.
Big Stone Gap police Officer Michael Chandler encountered at least one person in an abandoned home and was shot after being asked to conduct a welfare check around 4 a.m. ET Saturday. Big Stone Gap is in southwest Virginia. A Wise County sheriff’s deputy found Chandler unconscious in a ditch and he was flown to the hospital where he died hours later.
Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler, 29, died hours after he was shot during a welfare check. "It is with a heavy heart that I must inform our community of the line of duty death of Officer Michael D. Chandler," Big Stone Gap police Chief Stephen Hamm said in a statement, according to."His battle to survive today was truly miraculous. But, he succumbed to his injuries around 7:00 p.m. this evening at the hospital with his family at his side. Mike’s loss will be felt by our town and across all of Wise County.
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