{"id":54945,"date":"2016-03-19T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=54945"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:11:15","slug":"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_54947\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2024167_Still.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54947\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2024167_Still-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2024167_Still-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2024167_Still-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2024167_Still.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">India M. Beaty of Norfolk.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> <em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Jordan Michaels)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Norfolk, Va., woman was shot by police Saturday after officers say she made threatening motions with what was later discovered to be a fake gun, according to local ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/news\/local\/mycity\/norfolk\/norfolk-police-involved-in-fatal-overnight-shooting\/90510130\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">WVEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, India M. Beaty of Norfolk, died at the scene while police administered first aid. The handgun appears to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/03\/19\/197af487-5622-4246-9700-ef48049cdaf6\/thumbnail\/620x350\/5eeb91167a78c344396d89730c7c53ba\/va-shooting-gun.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">replica Beretta<\/a> but lacks the orange tip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/15\/5001\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">mandated by U.S. law<\/a> to indicate a toy or imitation gun. The officers have been placed on administrative duty, and police say their names will not be released during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred shortly before 1:20 a.m. at a strip mall in Norfolk. Two officers from Norfolk Police Department\u2019s Vice and Narcotics Division were conducting surveillance for a case not related to the incident when they observed a man and a woman arguing.<\/p>\n<p>When the woman produced a handgun and began threatening the man, the officers\u2014who were dressed in plain clothes and body armor labeled \u201cPOLICE\u201d\u2014got out of their vehicle, <a href=\"https:\/\/wavy.com\/2016\/03\/19\/new-details-emerge-in-the-investigation-into-norfolk-officer-involved-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">identified themselves<\/a>, and \u201cprovided verbal commands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beaty refused to comply and brandished her handgun, at which time <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/retired-judge-opens-fire-on-lapd-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5329\">officers opened fire<\/a>. The officers performed first aid immediately and medics arrived soon after, but Beaty died at the scene. Her family members said she was a mother of four, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/india-beaty-woman-shot-by-norfolk-virginia-police-was-holding-fake-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">CBS news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Police Chief Michael Goldsmith said his thoughts and prayers are with Beaty&#8217;s loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any loss of life is tragic,&#8221; Goldsmith said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wtkr.com\/2016\/03\/19\/woman-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-norfolk\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">WTKR<\/a>. &#8220;This morning&#8217;s events affect not only my officers and Ms. Beaty&#8217;s family members but our entire community. My thoughts and prayers go out to Ms. Beaty&#8217;s loved ones and we appreciate the public&#8217;s patience as we continue this investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beaty\u2019s mother, Sherion Overton, <a href=\"https:\/\/wavy.com\/2016\/03\/19\/new-details-emerge-in-the-investigation-into-norfolk-officer-involved-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-woman-killed-by-police-while-brandishing-fake-gun\" title=\"Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun\">questioned the officers\u2019 account<\/a>, saying it doesn\u2019t sound like something her daughter would do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would not do this; she was afraid of police. She was afraid. She would not take that chance,\u201d Overton said. \u201cWhat we were told is that she was out brandishing a gun and that the police confronted her and asked her where did you get this weapon from? What happened, what transpired from then to her being shot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first officer involved in the shooting has been with the Norfolk Police Department 8 years and has been assigned to the Investigative Services Bureau, Vice and Narcotics Division for 1 year, according to WVEC.<\/p>\n<p>The second officer has been with the Norfolk Police Department 6 years and has been assigned to the Investigative Services Bureau, Vice and Narcotics Division for 4 years.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not indicated whether Beaty purchased the gun as-pictured or modified it to make it look more authentic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Norfolk, Va., woman was shot by police Saturday after officers say she made threatening motions with what was later discovered to be a fake gun,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":54947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,241,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-rapid-fire","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virginia Woman Killed by Police While Brandishing Fake Gun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"She would not do this; she was afraid of\u00a0police. 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