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UPDATED: Dead body found in trash truck around I-66 waste site

Published February 27, 2023 at 3:00PM | Updated February 28, 2023 at 2:07PM

A Fairfax County police car (file photo)

(Updated at 2:05 p.m. on 2/28/2023) The contents of a truck that appears to have been carrying trash to the I-66 Transfer Station (4618 West Ox Road) included a dead body, police say.

The Fairfax County Police Department has opened an investigation into the body, which it says was found this afternoon “in a trailer used for transporting trash” in the 4600 block of West Ox Road.

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NEW: Fairfax County NAACP calls for independent investigation into fatal police shooting in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 27, 2023 at 1:20PM | Updated February 28, 2023 at 10:05AM

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis addresses police shooting at Tysons Corner Center (via FCPD/Facebook)

(Updated at 10 a.m. on 2/28/2023) The fatal police shooting of a man accused of shoplifting sunglasses at Tysons Corner Center last week has local civil rights groups questioning the Fairfax County Police Department’s commitment to enforcing its own policies.

The Fairfax County NAACP wants “an independent, transparent and comprehensive investigation” into the death of D.C. resident Timothy McCree Johnson, who was shot by officers on Wednesday (Feb. 22) during a foot chase that extended a quarter-mile from the Nordstrom where he allegedly stole a pair of designer sunglasses.

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Nutley Street roundabouts at I-66 slated to open tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 27, 2023 at 10:15AM

A finish line is in sight for construction on the redesigned Nutley Street/I-66 interchange (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The overhaul of the Nutley Street and I-66 interchange is nearing completion, promising an end to the unpredictability that has characterized trips near the Vienna Metro station over the past three years.

Two new roundabouts at the interchange are scheduled to open tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, the Virginia Department of Transportation recently announced, cautioning drivers to yield to traffic in the loops when entering.

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Police: Driver dies in single-vehicle crash on Braddock Road

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 27, 2023 at 9:30AM

Westbound Braddock Road at the Fairfax County Parkway intersection (via Google Maps)

A driver died after crashing their vehicle west of George Mason University’s Fairfax campus shortly after midnight on Saturday (Feb. 25).

The crash occurred at the Braddock Road and Fairfax County Parkway intersection, the Fairfax County Police Department reported at 12:11 a.m. that day.

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Tysons Galleria’s Yard House sports bar to open this weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 24, 2023 at 2:15PM

Yard House, a sports bar and restaurant, will open at Tysons Galleria on Sunday (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The food, beer and throwback tunes will flow when Yard House opens its doors at Tysons Galleria this weekend.

The American sports bar chain will open on the mall’s second level, near Crate & Barrell, on Sunday (Feb. 26) — slightly later than previously anticipated.

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NEW: FCPS will offer AP African American Studies at a few schools this fall

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 24, 2023 at 11:15AM | Updated March 1, 2023 at 9:50AM

Fairfax County Public Schools

(Updated at 9:45 a.m. on 3/1/2023) The College Board’s much-debated course on African American identity and history will be available in several Fairfax County high schools this fall as part of a pilot program.

While the state scrutinizes the course, Fairfax County Public Schools plans to offer Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies at the following schools in the next school year, which will begin on Aug. 21:

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FCPD: Man fatally shot by police at Tysons Corner Center tried to shoplift sunglasses

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 24, 2023 at 10:30AM

Outside the Nordstrom at Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

An alleged attempt to shoplift a pair of designer sunglasses from Tysons Corner Center’s Nordstrom ended in a fatal police shooting on Wednesday (Feb. 22).

The man shot and killed by two police officers near a mall parking lot that evening was D.C. resident Timothy McCree Johnson, the Fairfax County Police Department reported yesterday (Thursday). He was 37 years old.

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Police: Driver killed after traveling wrong way on I-495 Express Lanes in Dunn Loring

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 24, 2023 at 9:50AM

A sedan crashed into a jersey wall and caught fire in the northbound I-495 Express Lanes at the I-66 exit (courtesy Virginia State Police)

The Virginia State Police is seeking the public’s help to identify a driver who died after crashing an allegedly stolen car into a cement wall on the I-495 Express Lanes near I-66 this morning (Friday).

The black 2018 Maserati Quattroporte sedan was headed “the wrong way at an excessive rate of speed” when it hit the cement jersey wall in the northbound express lanes at Exit 49 at 4:30 a.m., police said.

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JUST IN: Gas leak shuts down Wiehle and Sunset Hills in Reston

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 24, 2023 at 9:15AM | Updated February 24, 2023 at 2:12PM

Firefighters on the scene of a gas leak at Wiehle Avenue and Sunset Hills Road in Reston (via FCFRD/Twitter)

Updated at 2:10 p.m. — The gas leak in Reston has been stopped. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units are returning to service, but the road closures are expected to remain in place “for several hours” while the roads are repaired, the department says.

Earlier: A gas line in Reston was ruptured this morning (Friday), requiring a near-total shutdown of Wiehle Avenue and Sunset Hills Road.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Three-vehicle crash partially closes Route 50 in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 23, 2023 at 2:00PM

One person has been taken to the hospital with injuries from a three-vehicle crash on Route 50 in the Merrifield area, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says.

Units are currently on the scene at the Williams Drive intersection just west of the Gatehouse Plaza shopping center.