Freddy A. Bonilla Rodriguez of Alexandria was charged with second-degree murder in a Hybla Valley shooting that occurred Sept. 21.
Fairfax County Police reported that officers responded to an assault call around 1:30 a.m. that Monday. At the home on the 3800 block of Havenwood Place, police found a man with a upper-body gunshot wound.
Police immediately located a man at the residence they believed was responsible for the shooting, as well as the gun that may have been involved. They said the two men appeared to know each other and that there isn’t a larger threat to public safety.
The name of the victim hasn’t been released but police are notifying his next of kin. Bonilla Rodriguez, 39, is being held without bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.