Mount Vernon Police District — An investigation is underway after a uniformed security guard shot a man with a knife outside the Gum Springs Community Center. It happened around 1:15 this afternoon in the 8100 block of Fordson Road. A preliminary investigation by detectives in our Major Crimes Bureau shows the security guard had approached a man by the bleachers
Read moreMount Vernon Police District – A man is recovering after being shot multiple times last night. The victim was walking in the 8000 block of Janna Lee Avenue around 10:00 when witnesses report hearing shots being fired. A white vehicle, possibly an Infinity, was seen leaving the area immediately following the shots. Mount Vernon District officers quickly responded and rendered
Read moreMcLean Police District – Homicide detectives have preliminary determined that last night’s death investigation in the McLean area to be a domestic-related double murder-suicide. The decedents have been identified as Shirley Zhou, 48, James Wenjie Chen, 16, and Hong Chen, 52, of McLean. It is believed that Hong Chen fatally shot his wife, Shirley Zhou, and son, James Chen. We are
Read moreBrian Neftali Landaverde Earlier today the suspect involved in the shooting at the officer’s marked cruiser on January 22, was charged by our Major Crimes detectives. Brian Neftali Landaverde, 21, of Herndon, was charged with attempted capital murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Our detectives worked tirelessly to put together the sequence of events that
Read moreMount Vernon Police District: Early this morning around 1 a.m., we got a call for a shooting in the 6600 block of The Parkway in Alexandria. When officers arrived, they found a teenaged male who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but remains in stable condition. Detectives believe this is not a random incident and that there is no threat to the
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