Loudoun County deputy shoots, kills armed man in Walmart parking lot, authorities say

A man was shot by a Loudoun County deputy on Jan. 6, 2026. (Courtesy 7News)

A man was shot by a Loudoun County deputy on Jan. 6, 2026. (Courtesy 7News)

A man suspected in an attempted bank robbery was fatally shot by a deputy with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in a Leesburg parking lot Tuesday, according to officials.

The man, later identified by county officials as 30-year-old Conner Peltzer, of Sterling, Virginia, later died in a hospital.

The shooting happened in the parking lot of a Walmart in Leesburg as law enforcement tried to approach an allegedly armed man around 11:40 a.m.

Loudoun County detectives, deputies and FBI special agents found the man in th...