{"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":"2016-03-19T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:22:30","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 officers opened fire. 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":"","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 v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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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