The Virginian Pilot
CHESAPEAKE, VA – A Chesapeake police officer was fatally shot Thursday night as police attempted to serve a narcotics warrant at a home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave., authorities said.
Police sources said two people were in custody late Thursday. It was unclear when they were arrested.
Police spokesman Officer Charles Thiebaud said the officers went to the residence about 8:30 p.m. The shot officer was taken by ambulance with a police escort to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, soon followed by other officers and department officials.
Later, two Police Department sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the officer had died. The officer’s identity was not released.
After the shooting, scores of officers and heavily armed SWAT team members descended on the scene.
Officers went door to door, evacuating the residents of several nearby houses and telling other neighborhood residents to stay indoors.
Several blocks around the shooting scene in each direction were closed off with yellow police tape.
Police would not say if they knew whether anybody was still in the house where the warrant was being served or, if so, how many people were there.
Just before 10:30 p.m., police began calling for the surrender of anyone inside the house. An officer on a loudspeaker called out the house number, saying “You need to put your hands up and come out. You need to do it now.”
After 11 p.m., police escorted some residents back to their homes but a wide area continued to be closed to the public.
