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Handcuffed woman, 19, fatally shot herself, police say, but mother expresses doubts
Holden Medlin, 27, was arrested July 25 and charged with multiple felonies during a traffic stop in Virginia, authorities say. (Chesapeake Sheriff's Office)
Police are investigating after a Virginia woman reportedly fatally shot herself while handcuffed during a traffic stop last week.
Sarah Wilson, 19, was a passenger when police pulled over her boyfriend's vehicle July 25 in South Norfolk, Va., the Virginian-Pilot reported.
During the traffic stop, police handcuffed Wilson and left her to wait near the vehicle as police struggled to detain the boyfriend, identified as Holden Medlin, 27, police said.
While officers dealt with Medlin, Wilson managed to get ahold of a gun and shoot herself in the head, Portmouth, Va.'s WAVY-TV reported. Wilson was still handcuffed when she fired the weapon, but a police spokesman told the station the gun was not a police firearm. It was not immediately clear how she was able to access the weapon.
Wilson’s death was ruled a suicide, the Virginian-Pilot reported. But Wilson’s mother questioned the police version of events.
“Something went very, very wrong,” Dawn Wilson told WRAL-TV of Raleigh, N.C.“Even if their story is true … they dropped the ball. My daughter is gone,” Dawn Wilson said.
Holden Medlin, 27, was arrested July 25 and charged with multiple felonies during a traffic stop in Virginia, authorities say. (Chesapeake Sheriff's Office)
Police are investigating after a Virginia woman reportedly fatally shot herself while handcuffed during a traffic stop last week.
Sarah Wilson, 19, was a passenger when police pulled over her boyfriend's vehicle July 25 in South Norfolk, Va., the Virginian-Pilot reported.
During the traffic stop, police handcuffed Wilson and left her to wait near the vehicle as police struggled to detain the boyfriend, identified as Holden Medlin, 27, police said.
While officers dealt with Medlin, Wilson managed to get ahold of a gun and shoot herself in the head, Portmouth, Va.'s WAVY-TV reported. Wilson was still handcuffed when she fired the weapon, but a police spokesman told the station the gun was not a police firearm. It was not immediately clear how she was able to access the weapon.
Wilson’s death was ruled a suicide, the Virginian-Pilot reported. But Wilson’s mother questioned the police version of events.
“Something went very, very wrong,” Dawn Wilson told WRAL-TV of Raleigh, N.C.“Even if their story is true … they dropped the ball. My daughter is gone,” Dawn Wilson said.
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