CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A suspect fired a gun at Chesterfield's Special Enforcement Team (SET) before retreating into a tent at a business and turning the gun on himself Wednesday, according to Crime Insider sources.
The SET officers were attempting to serve warrants on a Hanover man who was wanted on domestic assault, abduction, strangulation and two firearms charges.
Sources said he was pronounced dead at the scene after the exchange.
"I was in the office and I heard all the sirens and closing up, I came out and saw the entrance blocked and said, Well, I’m not going anywhere,” said David Hopp, who worked in the Bellwood area for a few years.
He said he never imagined something like this would be right outside the door of his work. .
"It was already a situation that kind of terminated," said Hopp.
He said he feels a bit of sadness for the situation he witnessed, but also pride for the men and women that responded, running toward the unknown.
"They have to anticipate anything, and run into the fire more or less to protect others," said Hopp.
No officers were injured and a forensics unit processed the scene.
The man's body was taken to the Medical Examiner's office where they'll determine an official cause of death.
