Blue-on-blue: a cop’s got to do what a cop’s got to do

In Virginia, local police shot and killed 34-year-old Ricardo Leon, a lieutenant with the Naval Observatory police who was off duty at the time of the shooting. According to one report, Leon had been “in a rage” and throwing furniture out various windows of a Centreville (Va.) home.

Officers were called to the residence around 0130 hours after dispatchers received one call from inside the home reporting a disturbance, in addition to a similar 911 call from a neighbor.

Responding cops reportedly encountered Leon in the garage of the residence, where he was apparently seen with a weapon — reportedly a shotgun — and did not comply with orders to drop the weapon.

One witness named Ashley Daniels reportedly said that she heard police tell Leon to put his hands up. “They waited for few minutes and then I heard a big shot,” Daniels said.

According to one report, Leon had pointed his gun at officers.

At least one of the officers fired at Leon, and immediately after the gunman was shot, officers attempted to save Leon’s life. Despite those efforts, Leon was declared dead at the scene.

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