A Filipina was shot to death at a warehouse store in the U.S. state of Virginia on Wednesday afternoon (US time), after she tried to attack deputies.
The Philippine Embassy in Washington on Thursday night (Manila time) cited initial information identifying the Filipina as Mhai de Leon Scott, 38, from Bulacan. Mhai de Leon Scott was shot by responding police officers after reportedly running amok at a Costco store.
According to the embassy, the Sheriff’s Office had responded to report of “a disorderly subject” at the Costco in Price Cascades Plaza in Sterling, Virginia. There they found Scott “who reportedly tried to attack deputies.”
The Philippine Embassy said law enforcement officers responded to disorderly conduct call from a Costco store.Upon arriving at the scene, they found the Filipina with a knife. She allegedly tried to attack the deputies but the officers used a Taser on her. However, de Leon kept on advancing.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported that a Loudoun County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Scott after she allegedly came at him with a knife. Frightened shoppers and employees hid behind cash registers and ran out of the Costco.
Loudoun Sheriff Michael Chapman said two deputies had gone to the store to check a report of a disorderly person. They used a Taser on Scott but she kept advancing.
The Washington Post also quoted store manager Renee Haber as saying Scott was involved in food preparation and had been serving pizza. She said Scott became agitated and began to act erratically as her shift was ending.
Haber said that as Mhai de Leon Scott moved away from her serving station, she grabbed a knife from another station and made “strange movements.”
This frightened her supervisor, and workers called police
GMA News was able to talk with the widower through Skype. Ryther reportedly said that he never thought that we would lose his wife through a violent crime.
