RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam issued a statement regarding the death of a fallen Big Stone Gap officer and ordered that flags be lowered in his honor.
On Thursday, the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia will be flown at half-staff in memory of Big Stone Gap Officer Michael Chandler. The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset.
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This comes after Chandler, 29, was shot and killed after responding to a residence in Big Stone Gap on Saturday.
In connection to the incident, a 33-year-old man was arrested without incident shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday at the Travel Inn located in the 800 block of Lynn Garden Drive in Kingsport, Tennessee. He is being held on probation violations out of South Carolina and Wise County, Va.
See Northam’s full statement below:
