Police killings
2013-2020

Frankie Pitt

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 1/13/2013

Midlothian, Chesterfield, VA
Chippenham Parkway ramp and Hull Street Road

Police say the officer involved in the shooting stopped to assist what he believed was a disabled vehicle. When the officer approached the vehicle, he discovered the driver was the suspect in the larceny of a cash drawer that had been reported stolen from the Circle K store approximately 10 minutes before. When the officer attempted to take the driver into custody, police say Pitt resisted and a struggle for the officer's gun ensued. The officer then shot and killed Pitt.