FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fairfax County Police Division (FCPD) on Monday launched physique digicam footage from a lethal taking pictures involving an officer final month in Reston.
That taking pictures occurred in an condo complicated again on Sept. 16.
Police Chief Kevin David mentioned in a press convention releasing the footage, 33-year-old Sydney Wilson charged at a veteran officer with a knife. Officer Peter Liu was making an attempt to make contact together with her after police received a name for a welfare examine on her.
When Liu arrived he knocked and recognized himself, however she opened the door and shut it immediately.
FCPD mentioned the officer is educated in disaster intervention and tried to maintain knocking for a number of minutes.
Two minutes later, she then opened the door once more and slashed at him with a knife.
She saved coming ahead, slashing once more and that’s when the officer fired 5 instances, putting her thrice.
The officer then referred to as for assist for her and for himself. He was bleeding after being slashed with the knife.
Police gave Wilson CPR and gave her blood on the scene, however she was pronounced lifeless at a hospital. Officer Liu was additionally taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Davis mentioned the taking pictures aligned with the officer’s police coaching.
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The division has a co-responder program, the place psychological well being professionals typically assist and reply to misery calls like these.
Davis mentioned that had a co-responder been there, they’d have been in peril, too.
Liu is performing different duties throughout the division and the interior investigation into this taking pictures remains to be underway.
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