NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A woman is dead in Newport News after she was shot by a police officer in what police are calling an "armed standoff." It happened around 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Jebs Place.
Neighbors told News 3 they first saw a car sideswipe other cars along 16th street.
One neighbor, Danny Bartlett, spotted a car hitting his parked car on his security camera before the car drove down the street. He said he and a neighbor went outside to check out the damage.
"One of the cops had pulled out down the street there and we was just standing there waiting. Then we started hearing shots. And the cop told us, he was running up this way, 'you all go take cover because we have an active shooter,'" explained Bartlett.
He said he heard about five or six shots, but didn't see what happened next.
Police released some details. Officers said they learned of a person with a gun and had reports of shots being fired in the area. They claim they approached an armed woman "in a state of agitation" and tried to de-escalate the situation. Ultimately, police said due to the woman's actions, an officer shot the woman. Medical care, they said, was provided on scene before the woman was taken to the hospital. The woman died at the hospital from her injuries.
According to reports made to the Hampton Police Division, police said prior to the shooting the woman had held two people at gunpoint and demanded they to drive her to a specific location before their car hit parked cars and the woman ran off. Hampton police said the reports came directly from the occupants of the carjacked vehicle.
Police also said the woman's weapon was reported stolen out of Portsmouth.
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NNPD said no officers were injured in the incident. The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation.
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew gave an update on Monday regarding the incident.
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