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CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE STATEMENT ON SHOOTING OF VIRGINIA STATE TROOPER CHAD DERMYER IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

April 4, 2016

April 1, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, issued the following statement on the shooting of Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer at a Richmond, Virginia Greyhound station yesterday:

"I was saddened to learn of the senseless and tragic shooting of Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond yesterday. This inexplicable act of violence is a painful reminder of the fact that our law enforcement officers put their lives on the line each and every day to protect our communities. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the Trooper Chad Dermyer killed in the line of duty.”

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