On September 5, 2015, 27-year-old India Kager, a Black U.S. Navy veteran, was killed during a police operation in Virginia Beach. She was seated in a car with Angelo Perry, the father of her four-month-old son, when officers who had been following Perry for a homicide investigation surrounded the vehicle in a 7-Eleven parking lot. A SWAT team used a flash-bang grenade and, according to police, Perry began firing at officers. Four officers returned fire, discharging about 30 rounds into the car in under 15 seconds. Both Kager and Perry were struck multiple times and died at the scene; the infant in the backseat was unharmed. Kager’s family has said she was unaware of Perry’s alleged activities.

The Commonwealth’s Attorney reviewed the shooting and declined to file criminal charges, concluding the officers’ actions were justified and attributing the deaths to Perry’s alleged firing at police. Kager’s mother brought a wrongful death suit; at trial a jury found two officers negligent and awarded Kager’s estate $800,000, which the city later paid in settlement without admitting wrongdoing. Does anyone have additional details about the events leading up to the stop or eyewitness accounts from that night?