A woman who was fatally shot by a Virginia police officer after apparently slashing his face with a knife during a welfare check had posted about being certified to provide adult mental heath first aid on social media. Sydney Wilson, 33, was pronounced dead at a hospital on September 16.

Sydney Wilson, a trans woman, was fatally shot by police on September 16 after allegedly attacking an officer with a knife, according to the

In the same breath, Wilson unveils a kitchen knife and lunges at the officer. Liu dodges Wilson’s first attack and quickly backs up. The woman, clearly not in her right mental state, follows the officer to the end of the dead-end hallway before Liu pulls out his gun, points it at her, and repeatedly tells her to “back up.”

Disturbing police body camera video shows a Virginia woman charging a Fairfax County police officer with a knife moments before he shot and killed her. Just after 10 a.m. Sept. 16, a 14-year veteran knocked on 33-year-old Sydney Wilson’s apartment door to perform a welfare check in Reston.

A Fairfax County police officer fired five shots at a woman who appeared to slash his face with a knife in a Reston apartment building last month, fatally wounding her, according to newly released body-camera footage showing a roughly four-minute interaction that began when the officer was called to conduct a welfare check.

Virginia police released bodycam footage showing the fatal shooting of Sydney Wilson, 33, after she attacked an officer with a knife.

Newly released body camera footage shows a Fairfax County officer fatally shooting a woman during a welfare check in Reston, Virginia.

Police in Virginia released body-worn camera footage Monday from an officer-involved shooting involving a knife-wielding woman in September.The woman, 33-year-o