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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Virginia State Police reported that an officer-involved shooting in Powhatan County remains under investigation by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) Richmond Field Office Police Shooting Investigative Team.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_9243" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9243" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Powhatan-County-Sheriff-Gregory-A.-Neal.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-9243" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Powhatan-County-Sheriff-Gregory-A.-Neal.jpg" alt="Powhatan County Sheriff Gregory A. Neal" width="160" height="204" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9243" class="wp-caption-text">Powhatan County Sheriff Gregory A. Neal</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At approximately 9:29 p.m., Monday (August 3), the Powhatan County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police responded to a residence in the 2100 block of Urbine Road in Powhatan County. The initial call was for a domestic situation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When law enforcement responded they encountered Franklin M. Short, 71, armed with a firearm. The subject was subsequently shot by a Powhatan County Sheriff’s Deputy. The male subject died at the scene. No law enforcement officer on the scene was injured, according to Sgt. Stephan Vick of the Virginia State Police.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Short’s remains were transported to the Office of the Chief of Medical Examiner in Richmond for examination and autopsy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At the request of the Powhatan County Sheriff, the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Richmond Field Office is investigating the incident. The investigation remains ongoing at this time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upon completion of the state police investigation, the findings will be turned over to the Commonwealth Attorney for final review and adjudication.</span></p>
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