Police killings
2013-2020

Michael James Murphy

Male, White

Date of the incident: 9/18/2018

Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, VA
300 35th St

About 1:30 a.m., police were called to the Mayflower Apartments for a report of a woman being assaulted by a man. When officers arrived, they learned the Michael Murphy had fled the building, and they found him. He was shot by one of the officers after he refused to drop his weapon, a replica gun, and pointed it at them, police said.