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Published September 7, 2026 at 1:54PM | Updated September 7, 2026 at 3:45PM

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Patriot High School Principal David Van Gelder told families and staff Saturday that one of the Nokesville school’s students was killed Friday night in the shooting at First Friday in Old Town Manassas.

“It is with profound sadness that I share that one of our students lost her life during the tragic shooting that occurred Friday evening at the First Friday event in Old Town Manassas,” Van Gelder wrote. “We are working with her family to provide any needed support, and my thoughts and deepest condolences are with all those who knew and cared for her.”

Community gathers at Manassas train station for vigil after First Friday shooting

By PLN News

Published September 6, 2026 at 10:38AM

People gather on the platform at the Manassas train station Saturday night, Sept. 5, 2026, for a community vigil after a 16-year-old girl was killed during First Friday. Flowers, candles and a balloon sit near the brick depot as mourners stand along the tracks. (Submitted photo)

Friends, neighbors and other residents gathered Saturday night at the Manassas train station to remember a 16-year-old girl killed a day earlier during First Friday in Old Town.

The informal vigil was organized by community members, not the city. Organizers had asked people to bring a candle, a flower, a photo or a memory. By nightfall, bouquets, prayer candles and a balloon lined the platform under the depot canopy, a few steps from the railroad tracks where police say the shooting unfolded Friday night.

Teen killed at packed Manassas First Friday was a bystander in a gunfire exchange, police say

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 4, 2026 at 11:04PM | Updated September 6, 2026 at 10:41AM

Police tape off a plaza near Prince William Street and West Street after a confirmed shooting during First Friday in Old Town Manassas on Sept. 4, 2026. Potomac Local News blurred a portion of the image. (Exclusive / Potomac Local News)

A 16-year-old girl killed during First Friday in Old Town Manassas is believed to have been a bystander in an exchange of gunfire, Manassas City Police said Saturday.

Sgt. Shauna Moller, the department’s public information officer, confirmed that characterization to Potomac Local News on Saturday afternoon.