Definitely watch the body cam footage later in the video

BRACEY, Virginia — The Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) held a press conference Monday to show videos of a stolen car investigation from Dec. 1, during which an officer shot a man to death.

The police department had previously said that the police officer, who has not been named, shot 28-year-old Deshawn Whitaker because he was pointing a gun at him. The body camera and car dashboard videos showed both Whitaker and his wife with guns that day


Here's the timeline VBPD shared Monday, and what the videos confirmed:

A police officer is driving through the Newtown Baker Crossing parking lot


At 3:30 p.m., people are getting out of a parked car as the officer drives up to it

The officer's camera scans the license plate, and returns a hit for a stolen vehicle

He pulls up behind it, and parks the police car in the parking lot driving lane

The officer approaches the driver, Whitaker, and pulls handcuffs out

Whitaker stays still for a moment, then runs away from the officer on foot

Whitaker drops a red bag on ground as he's running

At 3:31 p.m., the officer comes back to the car and tries to catch the front seat passenger (Jacqueline Ortiz-Whitaker, 20)

Ortiz-Whitaker is starting to run from the car
The officer grabs her by the back of her sweatshirt, she falls to the ground

The officer is pinning her to the ground, and she screams several times. You can hear the officer repeatedly telling her to put down her gun, at one point yelling, "If you move, I will shoot you."

She reaches repeatedly for a gun in her waistband, grabbing the handle more than once
The officer grabs her wrist and tries to pin it to the ground

At 3:32 p.m. Whitaker returns with a gun, points it at the officer

The officer turns and shoots four times at Whitaker

The video shows a gun drop to the ground from where Whitaker had been standing

55 seconds later, Norfolk Fire-Rescue gets to the scene

Firefighters check on the officer and Ortiz-Whitaker, then go over to Whitaker

Medics take him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Whitaker dies from injuries in the hospital later that night







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Looks like they deleted reddit

Can you pls post a link to the article/vid?

Fire/Rescue guys were idiots. They should have waited until the police got the gun away from the perp and had the idiot woman in the car.

Only thing I think could have been done better by the cop was putting the woman down like the feral animal she clearly is. He's been to the range once or twice in his life .

Glad the cop is ok and there was a happy ending after all.

Both willing to violently resist or kill over a stolen...
Dodge Journey.

All felons should read...

Rule #1. Point a gun at a cop and expect to be shot.

Rule #2. Remember rule #1.

This article has a link to a 27-minute age restricted video.

https://www.police1.com/office...op-K9MsR0wosKHBp57y/

Video only:

https://youtu.be/a8rI28E69UI

Footage of the suspect taking fire...



From the police shooter's own bodycam...

A lot of self restraint not shooting him then immediately shooting her too.

It's interesting how she made statements that she was not reaching for her gun at any time, despite video of her gripping the weapon several times during the struggle.

quote:

Originally posted by GWbiker:
All felons should read...

Rule #1. Point a gun at a cop and expect to be shot.

Rule #2. Remember rule #1.

Rule #3. Felons don't read.

So, happy ending.

Couple borrowed the car from a friend and found out it was stolen two days before the incident. But they continued to use it?