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Melissa R. Tompkins
Gender : Female
Age : 40
Race : White
Date : 12/17/2023
Location : Signal Knob Dr
City : Strasburg
County : Shenandoah
State : Virginia
Agency : Strasburg PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Melissa Tompkins was allegedly acting erratically in a hotel and police arrived and tried to subdue her. She took the baton of one officer and hit him with it. Police shot and killed her.
