Guindon, Ashley, PO

New Virginia police officer killed in line of duty

WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- A Virginia police officer was shot and killed during her first weekend on the job, CBS affiliate WUSA in Washington reported.

The Prince William County Police Department announced Saturday night that officer Ashley Guindon, one of three officers shot responding to a domestic related incident earlier in the evening in Woodbridge, Virginia, had died.

Guindon was sworn in to the department on Friday and began her first shift this weekend, according to the police department's Twitter feed.

Guindon had been a county police officer a few years ago and had left and returned to the force, Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, said in a phone interview with The Associated Press Saturday night. He did not know the exact dates of when she started and left, he said.

A police statement posted to Facebook said the other two officers wounded during the encounter were being treated for their injuries. Their conditions were not made public.

"We ask for everyone's thoughts and prayers as our department deals with this tragic loss," the police statement said.

Officer Nathan Probus told CBS News the officers were fired upon around 5:30 p.m. when they arrived at a home in Woodbridge, about 20 miles southwest of Alexandria, after a call about an argument.

A suspect, who was not injured in the shooting, was arrested, Probus said. Neighbors told WUSA the suspect's wife was also shot, but her condition was not known.

Guindon is the tenth law enforcement officer in the U.S. to die this month, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page website. All but one was killed by gunfire.

Slain officer Ashley Guindon was a military vet, hailed from police family

hley Guindon had been on the beat with the Prince William County Police department for all of one day before she was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call in Woodbridge Saturday night.

Guindon, 29, hailed from a family of police officers, and was a Marine Corps veteran. According to The Washington Post, she had been assigned to a unit at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling that helped deliver the remains of fallen Marines, and had achieved the rank of corporal.  She graduated  with a degree in aeronautics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and an internet search also shows a Master's degree in forensic science from George Washington University.

According to reports, Guindon was sworn in as a county officer only the day before her death.


Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 2 days
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Arrested

Officer Ashley Guindon was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in the 13000 block of Lashmere Court in the Lake Ridge area.

The male subject at the home murdered his wife and then ambushed the officers with a rifle as they approached the scene. Officer Guindon was fatally wounded and two other officers, including her training officer, were wounded.

The man who shot them was arrested at the scene.

Officer Guindon had been sworn in the previous day and was working her first day on the street with her training officer.