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Officer Katie Thyne, a Navy veteran and mother to a young toddler, had only been with the Newport News Police Department for a little more than a year when she died in the line of duty. The 24-year-old was dragged and pinned against a tree during a 2020 traffic stop that turned deadly.
The only person charged in connection with the July 2020 shooting death of a 56-year-old Hampton woman was acquitted of murder and two firearms offenses Wednesday afternoon, state judicial records show.