A driver who allegedly made an illegal U-turn in Annandale last Thursday (April 24) turned out to be wanted for homicide.
Cameron Alexander Anderson was taken into custody at the intersection of Medford Drive and Lucerne Lane around 8:25 p.m., the Fairfax County Police Department said.
An officer observed the improper U-turn and conducted a traffic stop before learning that the 19-year-old was wanted in connection to the 2023 shooting death of a 16-year-old outside of a Maryland high school, police say.
According to multiple news reports, Anderson was one of four teens arrested after Jayda Medrano-Moore was shot and killed blocks away from Duval High School in Prince George’s County.
A fight broke out between two groups of students as Medrano-Moore walked home from school with her brother, police said. Medrano-Moore was shot after attempting to appeal to the gunman, WUSA9 reported.
Prosecutors said that Anderson, who was a student at a nearby high school, did not fire the fatal shot, but they claimed he provided the gun and ammunition used in the incident.
In September, the teen accused of firing the weapon was acquitted on a first-degree murder charge. A jury did, however, convict 18-year-old Abdurahman Diaby of three other crimes, including assault, reckless endangerment and use of a gun in a violent crime.
Anderson faces charges in Maryland for first-degree and second-degree murder, which carry potential sentences of decades — and perhaps life — in prison if there’s a conviction.
Anderson, formerly of Lanham, Maryland, now resides in Lorton, according to court records.
After his arrest, he was held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and served a warrant charging him with a felony for being a “fugitive from justice,” the FCPD says.
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