The Actual Housewives of Orange County alum Lydia McLaughlin and her household are mourning a tragic loss.
The previous Bravo star’s brother Geoffrey “Geoff” Shyam Stirling Jr. was shot and killed throughout a confrontation with police in Southern California April 17. He was 45.
”My household and I are devastated by the lack of my brother,” McLaughlin, 44, stated in an announcement to TMZ April 18. “We’re grateful for the outpouring of affection and assist from mates, household, and the neighborhood. We kindly ask for privateness as we mourn.”
In an announcement launched the identical day, the Newport Seashore Police Division stated one in every of its officers had stopped Geoff, a resident of Laguna Niguel, Calif., for an alleged visitors violation whereas he was driving his bike on a freeway .
“Shortly after being stopped, Stirling grew to become uncooperative and assaulted the officer,” the assertion stated. “Throughout the ensuing violent altercation, Stirling managed to take away the department-issued taser from the officer’s obligation belt and tried to deploy it a number of occasions towards the officer. At that time, an officer-involved capturing occurred.”
