Virginia State Police Beat: man confronted Powhatan Deputy with shotgun committed suicide by cop

POWHATAN CO., Va.- Another case of suicide by cop is reported from the Virginia State Police when an armed man confronted a deputy responding to the scene of an armed man in a domestic dispute. Such incidents can end only one of two ways; the armed man puts down his gun and assumes the position just like on TV or he aims his weapon at the cop and is dropped in his tracks.