Blaze Media By PAUL SACCA
A Virginia police officer was shot to death on his 29th birthday while performing an early-morning welfare check. The suspected killer was later apprehended in another state.
Big Stone Gap Police officer Michael Chandler conducted a welfare check at a house in southwest Virginia around 4 a.m. on Saturday. The home was reportedly supposed to be abandoned, but he encountered “at least one individual” who shot Chandler.
A Wise County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrived on the crime scene and found Chandler unconscious in a ditch along the driveway to the residence, officials said.
