BROADWAY, VA (Rocktown Now) — Virginia State Police reports that the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Culpeper Field Office Officer Involved Critical Incident Response Team has been requested by the Town of Broadway Police Department to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting.

Broadway Police Chief JD Weaver explains that the incident happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. today, February 10, 2026, at the 7-Eleven on West Lee Street.

Preliminary reports indicate that a man was there threatening patrons with a knife.

“Once an officer arrived on the scene, the individual was threatening the officer and the officer had to use deadly force,” said Weaver.

Weaver added that the 61-year-old man, whose name was not released, suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.