At least 70 people were evacuated from a Fair Oaks movie theater on Sunday (Nov. 2) after a mass shooting threat was reported to law enforcement.
The threat, which was later determined to be non-credible, was received by staff at the Regal Cinemas in Fairfax Towne Center (4110 West Ox Road, Suite 12110) around 8 p.m., according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
A man has died following a single-vehicle crash that occurred near Reston National Golf Course Thursday afternoon (Oct. 30).
Local police officers and responders with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Soapstone Drive at Golf Course Square in Reston around 2:41 p.m. for a crash with entrapment, according to scanner traffic.
A 27-year-old man appears to have fatally overdosed on Sunday (Oct. 26) in Bailey’s Crossroads, shortly after allegedly injuring another man.
Officers initially responded to the 5900 block of Seminary Road around 2:45 p.m. for a report of a malicious wounding. Upon arriving, they found both the injured man and the 27-year-old man, who was believed to be “the suspect involved in the malicious wounding,” the Fairfax County Police Department said.
The suspect behind a recent shooting in the Herndon area that killed a student from Herndon High School is also a juvenile, Fairfax County police say.
The unnamed “juvenile male suspect” has been charged with second degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting from a vehicle, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Saturday (Oct. 25).
Local police are investigating a Clifton crash that resulted in the death of a 65-year-old man.
On Oct. 4, officers responded to the intersection of Clifton Road and Moore Road after a two-vehicle crash was reported around 3:45 p.m.
A Fairfax County police officer remains on restricted duty after striking a hit-and-run victim with his police cruiser last month in Hybla Valley.
Both criminal and administrative investigations continue into the Sept. 24 incident, which may have contributed to the death of a 62-year-old woman, police said in a press conference today (Thursday).
Two men on opposite ends of the age spectrum pleaded guilty yesterday (Monday) to manslaughter for separate fatal shootings, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced this morning.
Herndon resident Ismael Cruz Delcid, now 20, was arrested in March 2024 and charged with second-degree murder after shooting 14-year-old Michai Malave outside the Sonesta Extended Stay Suites in the McNair area south of Herndon.
An Alexandria man who shot another man during a botched robbery in Bailey’s Crossroads will spend the next decade behind bars.
Abner Neftali Selen Barrera, 26, was sentenced Friday (Oct. 17) to 10 years of active incarceration for his role in the incident, which left the other man with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Chantilly man accused of carrying out three sex crimes nearly 30 years ago is headed to prison.
Edward Eugene Pottmyer, 59, was sentenced to 10 years of active incarceration today (Friday), having previously pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual battery and one count of abduction.
Fairfax County police detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred last night (Wednesday) in the Hutchison neighborhood near Herndon.
Officers were dispatched to the 13000 block of Parcher Avenue at 9:31 p.m. for a “suspicious person” call. The caller reported seeing an unconscious person lying on the ground with “lots of blood coming from the leg,” according to scanner traffic.
