shooting near Piney Grove Drive (Pan Am Shopping Center)
Stephen Bates
From: Stokley, Darryl <Darryl....@fairfaxcounty.gov>
Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:08
Subject: 041309,3,041309,shooting,0080,pineygrove
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News Release: 09/103/0080/eja/(3)
April 13, 2009
Suspect Shot by Officer
On Monday, April 13 at 12:41 a.m., officers were called to the 9000 block of Piney Grove Drive in Fairfax for a possible domestic violence call. Upon arrival, officers saw a man pulling a naked woman toward a car at knife-point. He threatened her life and one officer shot the man. The man was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital and died as a result of a single gun shot to the upper body. His identity is being withheld pending verification and next of kin notification.
The initial victim, a 21-year-old Fairfax woman, was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. A second victim was found inside the home. The second victim, a 26-year-old Fairfax man, was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The officer who shot the suspect is 28 years old and a six year veteran of the Police Department. He has been placed on routine administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
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