Man killed by Virginia Beach police had attacked mother before, court records say
A 22-year-old man shot and killed by Virginia Beach police officers responding to a domestic stabbing last weekend had previously attacked his mother with scissors, according to court records.
Virginia Beach police said they were called on July 20 to a home in the 4100 block of White Beam Court for a report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they were confronted by Marques Hasbrouck, who was armed with a 20-inch crowbar and a 27-inch metal rod, according to a news release.
After Hasbrouck refused to drop the weapons, police said, they deployed a stun gun, but it wasn’t effective. Hasbrouck was charging at officers when more than one of them fired at him, police said. Inside, officers found his mother, Victoria Hasbrouck, dead, and two other relatives seriously injured.
Police had been to the family’s home for an attack in November 2017, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. The document said that Hasbrouck, then 16, and his mother had gotten into a dispute over him playing video games and not taking his medications.
Hasbrouck pushed his mother and cursed at her, the affidavit said. When he tried to get some fast food that was on the table, she told him he couldn’t have any because of how he had talked to her, the document said.
“Marques grabbed a pair of scissors and attacked his mother,” the affidavit said. “He stabbed her multiple times in the face, head and body. He stated that he had ‘murderous intent’ and deliberately aimed for her eyes because ‘they are soft.'”
The document went on to say that while Hasbrouck was attacking his mother, he heard voices in his head urging him to continue the assault. It also said that he was being treated for mental illness.
Jane Harper, jane.harper@pilotonline.com
