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‘Not a question of if’: FCPD sent warnings about stabbing suspect before Hybla Valley killing

Published March 5, 2026 at 11:45AM

Abdul Jalloh seen on a bus shortly after the killing of Stephanie Minter (photo via FCPD/X)

The man accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a Hybla Valley bus stop last month had been flagged by local law enforcement as a repeat offender with a record of knife-related incidents, emails show.

Three months before Abdul Jalloh was charged with the Feb. 23 murder of Stephanie Minter, a Fairfax County Police Department commander expressed concern to prosecutors that Jalloh would strike again, according to documents provided to FFXnow by the conservative nonprofit Virginians for Safe Communities.

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Fairfax County police report early success with ‘Drone as First Responder’ program

By Jared Serre

Published March 3, 2026 at 11:45AM

A Fairfax Police officer pilots a drone (photo via FCPD)

A Fairfax County police pilot program that uses drones to gather initial information in emergencies continues to grow after receiving overwhelmingly positive returns.

Launched in fall 2025, the “Drone as First Responder” program features specially-outfitted drones that are deployed and remotely piloted to the location where an emergency is reported.

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More federal funds coming to Fairfax for police, W&OD Trail visitor center

By Jared Serre

Published March 3, 2026 at 9:30AM | Updated March 3, 2026 at 8:10PM

Rep. James Walkinshaw (staff photo by Jared Serre)

An additional $9.2 million in federal funds is coming to Fairfax County, raising the county’s total earmarks to nearly $17 million for this fiscal year.

Rep. James Walkinshaw announced today (Tuesday) that he had helped procure approximately $13.4 million for the county in the minibus appropriations package that passed last month.

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NOW: Two injured in multi-vehicle crash on Route 29 as snow falls

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 2, 2026 at 5:45PM

Police on Route 29 at West Ox Road following a multi-vehicle crash on March 2, 2026 (via VDOT traffic cameras)

Two people have been hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash on Route 29 in the Legato area of Fair Oaks.

Fairfax County police officers, firefighters and medics were dispatched to Route 29 at Piney Branch Road around 4:15 p.m. today (Monday) for a reported crash involving three to four vehicles, according to scanner traffic.

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Pedestrian dies from injuries after BMW crash on Annandale road

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 2, 2026 at 2:55PM

John Marr Drive between Ravensworth Road and Backlick Road in Annandale (via Google Maps)

A pedestrian struck by a driver on John Marr Drive in Annandale this weekend has died, police say.

Sun Hyo Kim, a 56-year-old woman from Annandale, was crossing John Marr Drive from south to north when the driver of a BMW struck her between Ravensworth Road and Backlick Road around 5:37 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 28), according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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FCPD identifies man killed by police after triple stabbing in Mantua

By Jared Serre

Published February 25, 2026 at 11:55AM

Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

Law enforcement has identified the man who was shot and killed by police earlier this week after stabbing three family members inside a Mantua apartment.

The assailant, who allegedly killed both his wife and daughter, was publicly identified today (Wednesday) by the Fairfax County Police Department as 54-year-old Chhatra Thapa of Fairfax.

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Workers at Springfield Plaza store prevent robbery by disarming suspect

By Jared Serre

Published February 24, 2026 at 2:30PM

Springfield Plaza (staff photo by James Cullum)

Employees of a Springfield Plaza store stifled an attempted armed robbery last night (Monday) after disarming a would-be perpetrator of his gun, police said.

Officers responded to the Cricket Wireless store, located at 6330 Springfield Plaza in the northeast corner of the shopping center, around 8 p.m. after receiving a report of the attempted heist, according to scanner traffic.

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UPDATED: Man charged with murder for stabbing at Hybla Valley bus stop

By Jared Serre

Published February 24, 2026 at 10:15AM | Updated February 25, 2026 at 5:44PM

Fairfax County police Capt. Chris Cosgriff briefs media on a suspicious death in Hybla Valley (via FCPD/Facebook)

A man identified earlier as a person of interest in a woman’s suspicious death in Hybla Valley on Monday (Feb. 23) has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Fairfax County police announced on Wednesday (Feb. 25).

Police had pegged Abdul Jalloh, 32, as the last person to see Stephanie Minter, a 41-year-old woman from Fredericksburg who was found dead with “upper body trauma” at a bus stop in the 7400 block of Richmond Highway.

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BREAKING: Man shot, killed by police after stabbing family members in Mantua

By Jared Serre

Published February 23, 2026 at 10:20AM

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis briefs the media on a fatal domestic stabbing that ended in a police shooting in Mantua (via FCPD)

A Mantua man was shot and killed today (Monday) by Fairfax County police officers after he allegedly stabbed three family members, including his daughter and wife.

Both the man’s daughter and wife have died as a result of the injuries they sustained in the attack, which occurred shortly after 5 a.m. in the 3900 block of Persimmon Circle, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

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FCPD to lean on contractors for school crossing guards under proposed budget

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 19, 2026 at 10:00AM

A crossing guard for Thoreau Middle School at the corner of Park Street and Cedar Lane in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County intends to move forward with phasing out the use of police officers as school crossing guards.

The Fairfax County Police Department would eliminate crossing guards at local public high schools and turn to contractors to fill vacancies at elementary and middle schools under the fiscal year 2027 budget proposed on Tuesday (Feb. 17) by County Executive Bryan Hill.