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On June 21 at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to a home in the 7700 block of Gateshead Lane near Manassas to investigate a report of a missing adult. The man was eventually located at an area hospital after being taken by rescue personnel earlier in the day.
Shortly before 2 o’clock that afternoon, the accused was determined to be under the influence of medications mixed with alcohol when he fired multiple rounds inside the home, police said.
A Manassas man was arrested after attempting to elude Virginia State Police and crashing into a Stafford County deputy and several other cars in North Stafford, police said.
On Sunday, June 19 at 7:05 p.m. deputies received a “be on the lookout” from Virginia State Police for a black Nissan Sentra. A trooper had stopped the Nissan on Truslow Road near U.S. 1 for reckless driving, and the suspect fled the traffic stop northbound on U.S. 1 eluding the trooper.
A Stafford man is in custody for murder after a shooting this morning at a local motel.
At 8:15 a.m. Sunday, June 19, deputies found a man suffering a gunshot wound to the chest in the parking lot of the Red Roof Inn, 386 Warrenton Road in Stafford County.
The driver of a 2016 Ford Focus was traveling westbound on Old Bridge Road, just past Cape Cod Court, when the vehicle left the roadway and drove onto the sidewalk where the vehicle then struck a pedestrian who was walking his dog.
The vehicle continued traveling before it struck a communications box and a power pole, causing the pole to snap and fall into the roadway. Officers and bystanders provided first aid to the pedestrian until rescue personnel arrived.
On June 15 at 2:06 p.m., officers went to a Giant food store at 7575 Linton Hall Road in Gainesville to investigate a robbery.
An employee told police he saw a man and a woman with a shopping cart walk past the registers with unpaid items.
A man shot at Chesire Station Plaza succumbed to his injuries.
We first told you on Wednesday that detectives with the Prince William County Police Violent Crimes Bureau went to the shopping plaza at the intersection of Dale Boulevard and Minnieville Road on June 14. Police learned he died on Wednesday, June 15.
On June 14 at 1:59 p.m., officers went to the Cheshire Station Plaza located at the intersection of Dale Boulevard and Minnievilel Road in Dale City to investigate a shooting.
Police found a 19-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. Bystanders and officers provided first aid to the man before rescue personnel arrived.
On Monday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., Prince William County police officers went to the 4300 block of Dale Boulevard in Dale City, near the AMF Bowling Company, to investigate a robbery.
The victim, a 33-year-old man, told police that he was standing on a path in a nearby wooded area when he felt an object being placed against the back of his head. A man then threatened the victim before taking an undisclosed amount of money from the victim.