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Shooting in Mount Vernon Leaves One Dead, One in Custody
Mid-day shooting on Tuesday, just before school bus arrived.
Shooting
Old Firehouse Center Historic Marker Celebrated
Honors McLean Volunteer Fire Department
Firehouse marker
Suspected Tysons Center Shooter Held without Bond
Suspected Tysons Center Shooter Held without Bond
Co-Responder Program Needed Immediately
Two officers use tasers; one officer fires four shots, killing 26-year-old man during a mental health crisis inside his family’s McLean home.
Jasper Aaron Lynch’s twin sister wanted to help her brother who was having a mental health crisis. Three Fairfax County Police officers hoped to help, too.
Fairfax County Police Department Weekly Recap
Fairfax County Police Department Weekly Recap
Profiteering on Gun Violence
Profiteering on Gun Violence

Financing the Rampage
Economic toll of gun violence is more than $14 billion a year for Virginia.
All those school security measures to harden your local elementary school add up. So do trips to the emergency room and the multiple surgeries needed to address gunshot wounds. While the human tragedy of gun violence often grabs headlines, the economic toll continues to mount with each mass shooting. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, the annual cost to Virginia is more than $14 billion a year.

Disturbing Video of Police Shooting
Police release video of police shooting death of Reston man at Springfield Town Center; chief defends officers’ actions.
Police release video of police shooting death of Reston man at Springfield Town Center; chief defends officers’ actions.

Police Advise: Avoid, Deny, Defend in Active Attacks
Would you know how to respond in critical minutes?
Recent news reports of active shooting events in distant locations, like Uvalde Texas and Buffalo New York, and...
Shots Fired Inside Tysons Corner Center
Shots Fired Inside Tysons Corner Center

Ban Battle Botched
Inside the failed effort to ban assault weapons in Virginia.
Banning assault weapons was a major priority for gun-violence prevention advocates in early 2020...
Police: Double Murder-Suicide Pact in Fair Lakes
Police find three people fatally shot.
Police: Double Murder-Suicide Pact in Fair Lakes

Language Skills Valuable for Two Franconia Police Officers
Quick thinking earned them title as “Officers of the Month” for April.
FCPD Employee of the Month
Burglaries and Destruction of Property at Two Black Churches
Not hate crimes but a cry for help.
Four crimes within days at two Black churches and a tripped alarm at a third Black church, all located on Fordson Road in Alexandria's Gum Spring Community, looked ominous.
‘You Can’t Imagine Living Without Your Daughter’ in Centreville
Remembering Reema and Erin, 15 years after VT tragedy.
Remembering Reema and Erin
Column: Gun Violence Still With Us
Gun Violence
UNDEFEATED!
Hayfield Hawks complete their season undefeated at 32-0 after a 67-47 win over Battlefield for the schools first state championship in basketball
Basketball champs