Category Archives: Homicide

Update: Detectives Solve Decades-Old Cold Case with DNA Breakthrough

Fairfax, VA – Yesterday, Stephan Smerk was extradited to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and is now in our custody awaiting trial. He is charged with second-degree murder and is being held with no bond.  Thank you to our Cold Case Unit detectives and analysts committed to seeking justice.  Original blog posted on September 11, 2023: Fairfax, VA –

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Detectives Arrest 17-Year-Old for Fatal Shooting

Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives arrested the 17-year-old suspect responsible for last night’s fatal shooting in a Woodlawn parking lot. At 8:29 p.m. yesterday, officers responded to a report of a shot person in the 8700 block of Sacramento Drive. Joshua Fieldings, 25, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. The man was taken to

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Drug Related Robbery Leads to Double Homicide

McLean Police District – Detectives believe a drug related robbery led to the fatal shooting of one man and the fatal stabbing of another. Police have charged one juvenile in connection to this crime and anticipate more updates to follow. On May 29, 2023 at 3:37 p.m., officers responded to an apartment building in the 2200 block of Pimmit Run

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Suspect Identified in Mason Fatal Shooting

Mason Police District – Javon Antonio Reid, 32, of Maryland has been identified as the shooter from the May 7 shooting that left one man dead and another hospitalized. Last Sunday at 2:19 a.m., officers responded to the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive, Falls Church for two adult males that had been shot in the upper body. Maurice

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