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  • Update to Early Morning Shooting Investigation in Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Police District: Officers responded to an apartment complex in the 7900 block of Janna Lee Avenue in Mount Vernon at 1 this morning for a shooting. When officers arrived, they found five people suffering from gunshot wounds. There were four teen victims and one adult victim. The victims were inside the apartment complex…

  • MEDIA ALERT: Update to Early Morning Shooting in Mount Vernon

    Join Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Fairfax County Police Chief and Major Ed O’Carroll, Commander of the Major Crimes Bureau, as they update the community on the investigation into this morning’s multi-victim shooting in Mount Vernon. WHERE: Public Safety Headquarters 12099 Government Center Parkway Press Room: 2nd Floor Fairfax, Virginia 22035 WHEN: Tuesday, July 7,…

  • Woman in Custody Following Domestic-Related Homicide in Mount Vernon

    Woman in Custody Following Domestic-Related Homicide in Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Police District – A woman is in custody following a domestic-related homicide that occurred early yesterday morning in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. Officers responded to an apartment in the 3000 block of Furman Lane shortly after 8:30 a.m. for a report of a man who had been stabbed. Officers found…

  • UPDATE: Additional Charge Placed against Man in North Hill Park Gang Murder

    UPDATE: Additional Charge Placed against Man in North Hill Park Gang Murder

    Mount Vernon District Station – A man is facing an additional charge related to the death and improper burial of a juvenile whose body was discovered in North Hill Park in May 2019. Bryon Arenas Estupinian, 22, of Alexandria was charged with murder on April 3. He remains held without bond at the Fairfax County…

  • UPDATE: Detectives Solve 1972 Murder of 12-Year-Old Karen Lee Spencer

    UPDATE: Detectives Solve 1972 Murder of 12-Year-Old Karen Lee Spencer

    Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau’s Cold Case Squad solved the murder of 12-year-old Karen Lee Spencer – a brutal killing that occurred nearly five decades ago in the Huntington area of Fairfax County. Karen was last seen alive on Nov. 29, 1972. Her body was discovered on Dec. 2…

  • UPDATE:  Additional Arrest Made in North Hill Park Gang Murder

    UPDATE: Additional Arrest Made in North Hill Park Gang Murder

    Mount Vernon District Station – A man is facing charges related to the death and improper burial of a juvenile whose body was discovered in North Hill Park in May 2019. Bryon Arenas Estupinian, 22, of Alexandria was arrested yesterday at his home and charged with abduction. He is being held at the Fairfax County…

  • UPDATE: Fatal Pedestrian Crash Victim Identified

    The victim of yesterday’s fatal pedestrian crash has been identified as Patrick Crowley, 58. We do not have a current address at this time. Next of kin have been notified. (Original release date: February 11, 2020) FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASH IN LORTON Franconia Police District – A man has died as a result of injuries from…

  • Update – Reported Attempted Abduction is a False Report

    Detectives from the Major Crimes and Forensics Bureaus continued their investigation into the attempted abduction that was reported to have taken place on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 in the 6600 block of Fort Hunt Road. Late today, after an extensive several day investigation detectives have determined the event did not occur.  Although this is now…

  • Attempted Abduction in Belle Haven

    Mount Vernon Police District – Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau are investigating an attempted abduction of a juvenile that occurred yesterday between 4:15 and 5 p.m. in the 6600 block of Fort Hunt Road.  A Belle View Elementary School student was walking on a sidewalk along Fort Hunt Road when a man approached from…

  • UPDATE: Fatal Pedestrian Crash Victim Identified

    The victim of the fatal pedestrian crash has been identified as 52-year-old Daniel Yeboah. We do not have a current address at this time. Next of kin have been notified.   (Original release date: January 17, 2020) Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Police District- An adult man has died as a result of…

  • Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Police District- An adult man has died as a result of injuries from a crash that occurred around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 16. Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit have preliminarily determined that the man was crossing Richmond Highway near the intersection of Pohick Road. The driver of a 2019 Dodge Ram was…