A suspect in an early-hours shooting this morning in Fairfax County’s Dranesville neighborhood has been arrested, police said.
The unnamed suspect was taken into custody around 5:50 a.m., less than an hour after a man sustained gunshot wounds in the 12700 block of Fantasia Drive, according to scanner traffic.
“Suspect told a Herndon officer that ‘I’m the shooter, I killed somebody,'” one officer said over the police scanner. “He is saying he pleads the fifth now and saying he threw the weapon somewhere. He won’t tell us exactly where.”
Officers are on scene of a shooting in the 12700 block of Fantasia Drive near Dranesville. The victim, an adult male, was transported to the hospital in life-threatening condition. Preliminary, a suspect vehicle has been located. Detectives are investigating. Call 911 w/ info. pic.twitter.com/SJ0icoKark
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) September 15, 2025
Shortly after 5 a.m., law enforcement received a report that a man had been shot in his vehicle while on Fantasia Drive, according to scanner traffic. The suspect was then believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle, police said.
Officers focused their investigation on a wooded area behind the intersection of Cliveden Street and Cassia Street after seeing a vehicle drive away from the scene “at a high rate of speed,” according to scanner traffic.
Shortly thereafter, however, law enforcement received another call after the alleged suspect approached a woman in Herndon and asked her to call the police, telling her that he shot somebody, according to scanner traffic.
When officers arrived at the scene, located near Bready Park and the Herndon Community Center, the suspect gave them a “full confession,” police alleged over the scanner.
The victim, who suffered life-threatening injuries, was transported to a local hospital. The man’s condition is currently unknown, as of 9 a.m.
