âIt has to change:â Mother of 18-year-old shot and killed by troopers asking for footage to be released
Mother of 18-year-old shot and killed by troopers asking for footage to be released By NBC12 Newsroom | January 16, 2021 at 11:11 PM EST - Updated January 17 at 3:27 PM
âMy son is not a thug, he is not a criminal, this has to stop,â said LaToya Benton, Hillâs mother. âXzavier was my only child. I am begging yaâll, please, I want justice for my son I want it for my son.â
Benton says their family is from Norfolk and Hill was an integral part of the cleaning business they own. Benton says after high school, Hill moved to Charlottesville to work on a contract for the family business. He was driving back to Charlottesville on the morning of the shooting.
Police identify 18-year-old driver killed in officer-involved shooting on I-64
High-speed chase ends in crash, officer-involved shooting By NBC12 Newsroom | January 9, 2021 at 2:06 PM EST - Updated January 10 at 5:08 PM
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WWBT) - Police have identified the man who was shot and killed by a state police officer on Saturday morning after a high-speed chase led to a crash on Interstate 64.
The driver, identified as Xzavier D. Hill, 18, of Charlottesville, was shot after displaying a firearm at the crash scene, according to Virginia State Police.
A release from state police says a trooper was near the 177 mile marker in Henrico County when they registered a 2003 Mercedes Benz driving 98 mph in a 65-mph zone. After the trooper turned on his lights and sirens, police said Hill sped away going at least 120 mph.
Police have identified the man who was shot and killed by a state police officer on Saturday morning after a high-speed chase led to a crash on Interstate 64.