Two police officers were shot dead Friday night during a traffic stop in Virginia — including one who was about to become a father — marking the first shooting death of a Virginia Beach cop in 16 years.
Officers Cameron Girvin, 25, and Christopher Reese, 30, stopped a car with an expired license plate in the Virginia Beach neighborhood of Green Run around 11:30 p.m., authorities said Saturday afternoon.
The suspect, identified as John McCoy III, 42, was argumentative and uncooperative, according to body-worn camera footage, eventually stepped out of the car at the officer’s request.
“Almost immediately, there was a tussle between the officers and this individual,” whom Police Chief Paul Neudigate vowed to name just once, according to WTVR …