Justin Burns Archives - Potomac Local News

Published January 6, 2025 at 2:52PM | Updated January 6, 2025 at 3:12PM

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Manassas Park Resident Jose Rafael Lizama pled guilty Friday, January 3, 2024, to felony Involuntary Manslaughter stemming from a December 2, 2023 crash where Lizama admitted to striking and killing pedestrian Justin Burns, 39, of Blackstone, Va.

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Lizama appeared with an interpreter, and his lawyer stood before Judge Angela Horan and took responsibility for the 11 p.m. crash in front of Old Towne Sports Pub in Manassas.

During Lizama’s preliminary hearing in May 2024, Prosecutors presented evidence, including a nearby homeowner’s security camera footage that caught Lizama’s van traveling at a high rate of speed, striking Burns as he crossed the street in an unlit area of Center Street.

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Accused killer headed to trial in Manassas

By Alan Gloss

Published June 6, 2024 at 11:09AM

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Family seeks justice: First court appearance for suspect in Manassas DUI manslaughter case

By Alan Gloss

Published May 2, 2024 at 1:26PM | Updated May 2, 2024 at 5:11PM

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On May 1, 2024, Jose Rafael Lizama, a 47-year-old resident of Manassas Park, made his first appearance in front of Prince William County Judge Wallace S. Covington. Lizama is accused of driving drunk and striking Justin Burns, of Blackstone, who was crossing the 8900 block of Center Street in downtown Manassas, near Old Town Sports Pub, just before 11 p.m. on December 2, 2023.