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India Kager was a 27-year-old African American woman who was shot to death by Virginia Beach Police on September 5, 2015. Both India Kager and the father of her child, Angelo Perry, were killed in the encounter. Their 4-month-old son was buckled in the backseat of her car at the time of the shooting.

Virginia Beach police had been following the couple due to suspicion that Perry was planning to commit a homicide. At near midnight on September 5, four SWAT officers approached the car, with Perry said to have shot at them in response. According to Kager's family attorney, within 9 seconds, 30 rounds were fired at Kager and Perry. Each died of their wounds.

Reactions to the death of India Kager have been mixed, with some, including the Virginia Attorney's office, determining that both deaths were legally justified. As a result, no criminal charges have been filed against the involved police officers Ferreira, Ziemer, Thorson, and Roys. Many community members have called their deaths unjust, and Kager's family members have organized with Black Lives Matter activists. A number of activists, including Kimberle Crenshaw of African American Policy Forum and the mother of Kager, Gina Best, have called for more recognition of Black women killed by police under the banner SayHerName. In a civil suit, two of the involved officers were found guilty and India Kager's estate was awarded $800,000 of the $30 million originally sought.

Background
India Jasmine Kager-Lowrance was born on June 9, 1988. Kager resided in College Park, Maryland and was honorably discharged from the United States Navy. Kager was an alumna of a Virginia art school. For work, Kager had been working at the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier. Kager was described as a "beautiful, soft-spoken poet" by her mother. At the time of her death, Kager had two sons, ages 4 years and 4 months, the latter of whom witnessed his parents' deaths.

Incident
Kager and Perry went to visit family in Virginia Beach for the Labor Day weekend, introducing Perry's family to their 4-month-old baby, Roman. After receiving a tip from an informant that Perry was planning a murder, the Virginia Beach Police SWAT 15-person-unit followed Kager's vehicle for three hours. The SWAT unit kept up with the vehicle by tracking Perry's cell phone. The SWAT cars were unmarked. Officers claimed that they knew it to be Kager's vehicle and that Kager was driving Perry to the murder location. According to police, Kager and Perry started heading towards the direction of the intended victim's home and that Kager was driving "erratically." Kager had stopped at a Shell Gas Station but police did not arrest Perry at that time. The Virginia Attorney's investigation later claimed that police had just cause for apprehending Perry due to "reliable information" that he was under under suspicion not only of planning a murder but the felony of possessing firearms as a "former felon." Upon arrival at a Virginia Beach 7-11, the SWAT unit drove up behind Kager's vehicle and threw a flash grenade. According to police, Perry shot at the officers four times. Officers Ferreira, Ziemer, Thorson, and Roy returned the alleged fire with multiple rounds of gunfire, killing Kager and Perry. Police report that 30 rounds were fired into the vehicle. Other versions of events estimate the number of fired rounds to be over 51.

Aftermath
The Virginia Beach Police Chief, Jim Cervera, claimed that India Kager's death was "accidental" and "not intended". Officers also claimed that they were unaware that Roman was in the vehicle despite following it for a three hour period.

Roman, who was in the backseat of the car, was placed in Child Protective Services immediately after the shooting and was given to foster parents temporarily. While police reported that Roman survived the incident "unharmed", Gina Best, who currently raises Roman, has noted that he is living with permanent disabilities due to the incident.

After an investigation and independent review, Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney determined that the shots fired by Perry towards officers were not injurious. Virginia Attorney's determined that it was the fault of Perry that the events turned violent and that 30+ rounds of gunfire was not "excessive." The Attorney's investigation concluded that the involved officers did not violate the law or would not face prosecution for the deaths of either Angelo Perry or India Kager. It was also determined that none of the officers had purposefully fired at Kager and that it was Perry who had endangered both Kager and their child.

Following the incident, the family of India Kager filed a wrongful death lawsuit against four of the police officers. The lawsuit claimed gross negligence was involved in the shooting death of Kager. Leading up to the trial, the City of Virginia Beach offered Kager's family $750,000 and the family declined, requesting $1.5 million. At one point, the family sought $30 million in damages over the death of Kager. The jury ruled against only two of the four officers, awarding $800,000 total to Kager's estate. As of 2018, India Kager's family decided that they would not appeal the decision.

Reforms
Since the death of India Kager and other police shootings, multiple calls towards reform and defunding of the police have been raised. In June 2020, protesters have pushed for the defunding of Virginia Beach police. Recent demands from Virginia Beach activists have also included that Virginia Beach create a third-party review board for complaints against police. India Kager's death has contributed to the call, Say Her Name within the Black Lives Matter movement to remember and commemorate the intersectional nature of police violence against Black women.