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The officer was called to Richmond Highway to investigate a stolen U-Haul truck on Thursday afternoon, May 11, where he found the driver, identified as 38-year-old Brandon Lemagne, of Newport News, outside of the vehicle, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said.
Soon after, Lemagne shoved the officer into the open front driver's door of his patrol car and was violently assaulting the officer, the chief said.
The video, shared by various accounts on Twitter, shows both men inside of the vehicle as the marked cruiser gets thrown into reverse and spins into a nearby McDonald's restaurant.
At this point, the officer was transmitting over his radio that he was being attacked and said that the assailant had his gun. One officer responding for backup fired several rounds, while another ran toward what he thought was a shot FCPD officer and pulled Lemagne off of the officer.
Moments later, an officer with more than 24 years on the force shoots Lemagne while he was laying on the ground. Lemagne was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The victim police officer never fired his weapon: "He was fighting for his life," Davis said. The officer suffered mostly minor injuries, the chief said.
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