Virginia Beach Police Department announced that one of its officers was involved in a fatal incident this week.
On Wednesday, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Quarter Way at 10:23 for a drug overdose call, VBPD stated.
The first officer at the scene reportedly heard commotion inside the residence and went in. VBPD said that officer found a man later identified as Robert Miller and a female upstairs in a bedroom struggling over a knife.
The officer reportedly gave several commands for Miller to drop the knife. But, according to VBPD, he “charged at the officer with the knife in hand.”
The officer, whose identity hasn’t been released, fired and shot Miller, a Virginia Beach resident, the department stated.
According to VBPD, aid was rendered, and Miller was transpo...