COVINGTON, Va. (WFXR) — The Covington Police Division has launched the identification of the officer who was shot and killed — the division’s first on-duty capturing dying — whereas responding to an incident between two family at a gasoline station on Monday.
Virginia State Police say 42-year-old Toney S. Poulston Jr. of Covington entered a Covington Farm and Gas alongside North Alleghany Avenue at roughly 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14. Poulston then received right into a “home scenario” with a relative working on the retailer — recognized as 64-year-old Randall Lee Paxton of Covington — and ended up capturing him.
When Covington and Alleghany County authorities responded to the incident on the gasoline station, they noticed an armed Poulston leaving the shop. Photographs have been fired, resulting in the dying of Poulston and Covington Police Officer Caleb Daniel Ogilvie.
It’s with deep remorse that I have to share with our group the information that Police Officer Caleb Ogilvie, 35, was shot and killed whereas responding to a home capturing on the Covington Farm and Gas Monday afternoon. On behalf of the Metropolis of Covington Police Division, I wish to categorical my gratitude for the unimaginable outpouring of assist from the residents of Covington and Alleghany County.
Covington Police Chief Christopher Smith
Officers with the Covington Police Division to held a information convention about Ogilvie at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15.
Police say Ogilvie was a Marine from 2006 to 2010 earlier than being honorably discharged after which becoming a member of the Reserves. He additionally labored as an EMT within the Roanoke space till he joined the Covington Police Division in 2021. He leaves behind a spouse and their two younger daughters, in addition to an ex-wife and their two kids.
The division additionally shared a hyperlink to a “Fund the First” fundraiser, with a objective of elevating $50,000 for Ogilvie’s household. You may make an internet donation by following this hyperlink.