Shooting of Jiansheng Chen

Jiansheng Chen, a 60-year-old grandfather, was shot dead by a security guard in Chesapeake, Virginia on January 26, 2017. Chen was playing the augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go in a minivan parked by the community clubhouse when the security guard, Johnathan Cromwell, shot him at least five times. He was a Chinese immigrant and spoke little English. On February 16, 2017, Cromwell was charged with second-degree murder. Aftermath: According to a notice given to the residents by River Walk community, the contract for the patrol services is for unarmed patrols. On Monday, February 6, 2017, Andrew Sacks, an attorney representing Citywide Protection Services, which employed the security guard who shot Chen, held a news conference. According to Sacks, Chen repeatedly attempted to hit the guard with his van; in response, the guard fired “in reasonable fear for his life and safety”. More than 60 people protested in support of Chen outside Sacks’ office in downtown Norfolk during the news conference. According to Greg Sandler, an attorney representing Chen's family, Chen was playing Pokémon Go at the time when he was shot. Police said the guard fired through more than one of the van's windows. The guard, while standing in front of the van, fired between five and ten shots through the windshield. Per Billy Rudolph, a spokesman of River Walk Community Association, there were no surveillance cameras pointing in the direction that would recorded the encounter. In February 14, 2017, 3 U.S. Representatives Donald McEachin (VA-04), Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Grace Meng (NY-06) issued a joint statement concerning the death of Jiansheng Chen. They said they "must know how a game of Pokemon Go turned into a fatal shooting." Legal proceedings: In February 16, 2017, based on a news released from the Commonwealth’s Attorney Nancy Parr, Johnathan Cromwell, the 21-year-old security guard of Virginia Beach was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm. The news release also said Chen’s van turned into the parking area of the River Walk clubhouse on January 26, 2017 around 11:00pm. Then "Mr. Cromwell confronted Mr. Chen by stopping his vehicle directly in front of Mr. Chen's. Mr. Chen backed up and turned his vehicle around to the point that it was at the entrance of the driveway facing River Walk Parkway when he was shot. Mr. Cromwell had exited his car and did say "Stop" before he fired his weapon." "Mr. Chen has gunshot entry wounds to his upper body area. The gunshot entry wounds are one(1) in his left upper arm and four(4) in his upper left chest". Cromwell turned himself in Thursday evening.