Officer-Involved Shooting In Alexandria Kills Man: Police

ALEXANDRIA, VA — An armed man in crisis was killed in an officer-involved shooting by Alexandria Police Monday night. The fatal shooting prompted a use-of-force investigation.

Police responded to a call to do a welfare check on a man around 10:46 p.m. Monday at 5101 Maris Avenue. The caller, the man's coworker, said the man made statements about harming himself and that he had at least two guns.

Officers, including those with specialized intervention and negotiation training, responded and fun the man with a gun in a common area stairwell. Police negotiated with the man for 35 minutes and ordered him numerous times to drop his weapon. Around 11:21 p.m., an Alexandria police officer fired the weapon "in response to a threatening action," according to police. The man's gun and other police weapons did not discharge.

The man was struck and pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not publicly identified the man, who was in his 60s, due to next-of-kin notifications.

The officer who shot the man has been with the police department for nine years and is part of the special operations team. The officer is on administrative leave during an investigation by the Critical Incident Response Team, which is made up of other regional law enforcement. Police plan to share more updates at a later time.

The Critical Incident Response Team was created by Northern Virginia localities in 2021 to investigate critical incidents involving law enforcement. The investigation includes a criminal use-of-force investigation followed by administrative investigation by the Alexandria Police Department's Office of Professional Responsibility with monitoring by the Office of the Alexandria Independent Policing Auditor. A review of the investigation results will go to the city's Independent Police Review Board.