Brent U. Shorter

Brent U. Shorter was a 51-year-old police snitch who was fatally shot by a Fairfax County Police officer behind a restaurant in the Rose Hill Shopping Center in the Franconia area of Alexandria on January 11, 2008.[1][2]

Shorter was shot after he refused FCPD officers' commands to drop a knife he was holding. He was taken to the Inova HealthPlex in Franconia, where he was pronounced dead.[1]

Earlier that week, Shorter had set up a controlled buy of four ounces of crack from 48-year-old independent narcotics salesman Richie L. Hagy.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fairfax County Police Department. Public Information Office. UPDATE – Identity Released. Fairfax County Police Department. Fairfax County Police Department, 12 Jan. 2008. Web. 10 Jan. 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackman, Tom. "Man Killed by Officer Had Role in Earlier Drug Sting, Police Say." The Washington Post. WP Company, 15 Jan. 2008. Web. 10 Jan. 2017.