An 18-year-old man lost his life in a shooting Thursday night in Woodbridge.
We first reported the shooting, one of two in the area) late Thursday evening. Police said the victim was shot and killed on Route 1 near Todos Supermarket and Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church at 10:24 p.m.
Here’s what we know right now from what the county police posted to social media. We’ll post more as we have it.
INCIDENT: Shooting | Woodbridge; Officers are currently investigating a shooting in the 13000 block of Richmond Highway. (22191). One male is reported injured. Citizens can expect a heavy police presence in the area. pic.twitter.com/e9gEzzlQrD
Two teenagers robbed a 17-year-old at gunpoint on a trail at Veterans Memorial Park in Woodbridge.
The victim was on a trail when the two boys pulled a gun and took his things, police said. Officers nabbed the two nearby after they fled the area on foot.
Police have yet to identify the person found dead in a home in the Georgian Hamlet neighborhood in Manassas.
A Manassas police spokesman tells PLN:
David Maine, the man accused of killing four people in Woodbridge last week, previously served in the United States Marine Corps. Court records obtained by Patch also noted that Maine accidentally shot himself in the leg in a supermarket parking lot in 2021.
A car struck a pedestrian on Sudley Road.
The pedestrian was walking in the area of the six-lane road at Rosemary Drive, near the Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant.
Police found a man shot outside a hotel near the Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus.
According to police, officers found the victim today at 4:18 a.m. at the Courtyard Marriot at 10701 Battleview Parkway near Manassas to investigate a shooting.
Here’s the latest update from Prince William police:
Shooting Investigation – On October 24 at 9:40PM, officers responded to the Potomac Inn located at 13964 Richmond Hwy. in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a shots fired call. When officers arrived at the location, they observed several individuals leaving the scene. The investigation revealed shots were fired which struck several locations including two different unoccupied rooms of the hotel. A black two-door sedan with tinted windows was also seen fleeing the area. Officers located shell casings in the parking lot. No injuries or additional property damage were reported.
Fire crews went to the 12000 block of Hatchway Court at 5:19 a.m. to find heavy smoke and fire at a single-family home. One of two occupants inside the home suffered serious burns, and is now in a hospital.
The victim, and another man who was also inside when flames broke out, escaped the flames before fire crews arrived. According to Prince William County fire and rescue spokesman Matt Smolsky, one of the men who lives on the first floor alerted the second to the blaze.
