Shocking moment 6ft 6in woman, 33, is shot dead by cop after slashing him multiple times with knife
Shocking police body camera footage shows the moment a Virginia woman was shot dead by an officer after she attacked him with a knife.
Sydney Wilson, 33, a commercial real estate manager in the DC area, was visited by an officer for a welfare check at her Reston apartment at 10 a.m. on September 16.
Officer Peter Liu – who had fourteen years of experience in crisis intervention – knocked on the door and Wilson opened it.
When the officer identified herself, she slammed it again.
For the next three minutes, the police officer continued to knock, but the 6-foot-2 Wilson opened the door and ordered him at knifepoint.
Shocking police body camera footage shows the moment a Virginia woman was shot dead by an officer after she attacked him with a knife
Sydney Wilson, 33, a commercial real estate manager in the DC area, was visited by an officer for a welfare check at her Reston apartment at 10 a.m. on September 16.
Wilson is accused of stabbing the officer in the face multiple times until the officer fired his gun.
Liu retreated down the hallway before firing three more shots and calling for help.
Wilson was given CPR at the scene but was pronounced dead from the gunshot wounds at a local hospital.
Police Chief Kevin Davis said Liu did his best and prevented the situation from getting worse.
“It could have been much, much, much worse; The cut, laceration and laceration he suffered was located at the top of his forehead,” he said.
A mental health professional asked police to conduct a welfare check on Wilson.
Davis admitted that these types of checks are usually done with another mental health professional.
However, the usual colleague was not available at that time because they were busy talking.
For three minutes the police officer kept knocking, but the 6-foot-2 Wilson opened the door and ordered him at knifepoint.
Police Chief Kevin Davis said the officer did his best and prevented the situation from getting worse
Davis believes the doctor’s failure to appear prevented the incident from becoming more deadly.
“Doctors are absolutely exposing themselves to an element of danger every time they get out of a police car and go to a door or an accident scene or an outdoor scenario with a police officer, and there is an element of risk associated with that. ‘
He added that he doesn’t know that a mental health professional could have prevented the incident from happening the way it did.
Wilson, a former Georgetown University basketball player, was remembered by her former school in a Instagram after.
“Georgetown women’s basketball mourns the tragic loss of Sydney Wilson (C’13). Forever a Hoya.’
Officer Liu continues to perform administrative duties as the internal investigation into the shooting continues.