The Proper Housewives of Orange County alum Lydia McLaughlin and her family are mourning a tragic loss.

The passe Bravo huge name's brother Geoffrey “Geoff” Shyam Stirling Jr. modified into shot and killed all over a confrontation with police in Southern California April 17. He modified into forty five.

”My family and I are devastated by the loss of my brother,” McLaughlin, 44, talked about in a assertion to TMZ April 18. “We’re grateful for the outpouring of esteem and make stronger from friends, family, and the group. We kindly quiz for privacy as we mourn.”

In a assertion released the identical day, the Newport Seaside Police Division talked about regarded as one of its officers had stopped Geoff, a resident of Laguna Niguel, Calif., for an alleged traffic violation whereas he modified into utilizing his bike on a freeway .

“Shortly after being stopped, Stirling modified into uncooperative and assaulted the officer,” the assertion talked about. “All the intention during the ensuing violent altercation, Stirling managed to take away the division-issued taser from the officer's responsibility belt and tried to deploy it multiple times in opposition to the officer. At that level, an officer-enthusiastic shooting occurred.”

The assertion persisted. “Extra officers answered to the scene and rendered scientific abet to Stirling until personnel from the Newport Seaside Fireplace Division arrived. Stirling modified into transported to a neighborhood properly being center, the set apart he modified into later pronounced deceased.”

The police division talked about that in step with California legislation, the California Division of Justice (DOJ) modified into notified and answered to the scene to conduct an self reliant investigation.

“Once their investigation is entire, the findings will doubtless be turned over to DOJ's Particular Prosecutions Piece for self reliant review,” the assertion persisted, “This stays an lively investigation.”

To boot to Lydia, 44, Geoff—who worked for years as a mannequin and actor and headed his procure production firm—is furthermore survived by their brother Jesse Stirling, Fifty three, and father Scott Stirling, 73, President and CEO of Canadian's Newfoundland Broadcasting Firm Ltd., which modified into cofounded by his slack father, Geoffrey Stirling, who died in 2013.

Geoff is preceded in loss of life by mother Judy Stirling, who died in October after struggling with breast most cancers for years and had appeared about a times on RHOC.

Fellow pronounce alum Vicki Gunvalson reached out to Lydia following info of Geoff's passing. “Lydia – I’m so sorry to listen to of the loss of your brother!” her passe costar wrote on her Instagram. “My heart hurts for you and your family. Peace be with you.”