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Updated: Homicide victim arranged to meet his killer

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Police identified the shooting victim as 19-year-old Ishamael Mansaray, of Woodbridge. 

Mansaray is a 2015 graduate of Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, said school spokesman Phil Kavits. 

Police said the victim agreed to meet his killer in the area of Godwin Middle School in Dale City Wednesday night. Mansaray was shot during the meeting. 

Afterward, he was taken to nearby shopping center where officers found him. Mansraray was taken from the shopping center to a local hospital where he died. 

Police said this is not a random shooting and that detectives have suspects in custody with charges pending. 

This is the 7th homicide in Prince William County this year.

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Police went to the grounds of Godwin Middle School to investigate a fatal shooting.

Police were called to the 4800 block of Darbydale Avenue at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a shooting. They found a man suffering from a gunshot wound who was later taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The victim’s identification was not released. Police did not name a suspect in the case.

Godwin Middle School opened on time this morning. The victim was not a staff member at the school, said Prince William County Public Schools spokesman Phil Kavits.

This is the second fatal shooting this week in Prince William County. Investigators found a man shot to death in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 3, outside the Chesapeake Apartments near Dumfries.