Interim Alexandria Police Chief Raul Pedroso shared a few more details about the fatal shooting by an Alexandria Police Officer this morning, though many other details are being kept under wraps.
Pedroso said officers pleaded with the man to drop his weapon for around 35 minutes, but around 11:21 p.m. last night (Monday), in “response to threatening action” an APD officer shot and killed the man. The man was pronounced dead on the scene.
According to Pedroso, the officer who fired the shot is a nine-year veteran of the force and is on administrative leave while the investigation is conducted, which is standard protocol in a police shooting.
The shooting will be investigated by the Critical Response Team, then by an internal administrative inquiry monitored by the Alexandria Policing Auditor.
Pedroso said he could not describe the threatening action, pending the investigation, but said officers at the scene were wearing body-worn cameras and they were active at the time.
