Death by Cop 2021-2025
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George Ronald Batts Jr.
Gender : Male
Age : 38
Race : White
Date : 01/17/2021
Location : 1130 International Parkway
City : Fredericksburg
County : Stafford
State : Virginia
Agency : Stafford County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after shooting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Deputies were called around 10:15 a.m. to a shooting in the parking lot of the Tuckahoe Motorcycle Club. When deputies arrived, they found Ely Grimes, 47, of Fredericksburg, with a gunshot wound to the chest. George Batts was still in the parking lot with a handgun. He reportedly refused commands to drop the weapon, pointed the weapon toward deputies, and deputies shot and killed him.
