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Virginia state trooper fatally shot while helping to execute a search warrant
Public Safety
Virginia state trooper fatally shot while helping to execute a search warrant
By Dana Hedgpeth
February 5 at 9:14 AM
A man fatally shot a Virginia state trooper and was then shot and killed by law enforcement in an incident in Cumberland County, officials said. ... The incident happened around 10 p.m. Monday in the 1500 block of Cumberland Road, just north of Farmville, Va., according to officials.
A state police tactical team, along with a local drug and gang task force, had entered a home to execute a search warrant when a man inside began shooting at them, according to police. The tactical team members “returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect,” police said in a statement.
Officials said the trooper — Lucas B. Dowell — was taken to an area hospital, where he died. He was the 66th Virginia state trooper to die in the line of duty, the State Police Department said.
Dowell, who was from Chilhowie, Va., had been with the department since 2014 and was a member of a SWAT team. He is survived, officials said, by his parents and a sister.
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Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
Virginia state trooper fatally shot while helping to execute a search warrant
By Dana Hedgpeth
February 5 at 9:14 AM
A man fatally shot a Virginia state trooper and was then shot and killed by law enforcement in an incident in Cumberland County, officials said. ... The incident happened around 10 p.m. Monday in the 1500 block of Cumberland Road, just north of Farmville, Va., according to officials.
A state police tactical team, along with a local drug and gang task force, had entered a home to execute a search warrant when a man inside began shooting at them, according to police. The tactical team members “returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect,” police said in a statement.
Officials said the trooper — Lucas B. Dowell — was taken to an area hospital, where he died. He was the 66th Virginia state trooper to die in the line of duty, the State Police Department said.
Dowell, who was from Chilhowie, Va., had been with the department since 2014 and was a member of a SWAT team. He is survived, officials said, by his parents and a sister.
....
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
