JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. — James City County Police revealed more about what led up to officers shooting and killing a man Sunday afternoon in a grocery store parking lot.
Police said it all started around 4:40 p.m. when officers were called to a fight involving a man who was potentially armed on Dehaven Court. However, before officers arrived, the suspect left the scene.
According to a release, authorities used Flock cameras to locate the suspect's vehicle heading toward Olde Towne Road. Two officers followed it into the Food Lion parking lot where the suspect stopped.
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At that point, authorities said, the suspect got out of the vehicle with a rifle and exchanged gunfire with officers. The suspect was hit and died at the scene.
No James City County officers or any other individuals were hurt, police said.
"At the request of Chief Mark Jamison, the investigation into the officer-involved shooting, which includes the identity of the deceased male, has been transferred to the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation," the release from the police department said. "The domestic-related incident that preceded this event remains under James City County Police Department jurisdiction."
The police department said both officers involved "have been placed on a non-enforcement, modified assignment pending the completion of the investigation."
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