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Thousands gather at the Vienna church to pay their respects to the slain Fairfax County police detective Vicky O. Armel who was shot to death outside the Sully District police station in western Fairfax County.
 
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A 23-year veteran of the Fairfax police force became the second officer to die from injuries sustained when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire outside a Fairfax County police station last week.
 
Fairfax Officer's Widow Rebukes Killer's Father: 40-Month Term Imposed for Gun Crimes (Post, November 9, 2007, Page B01)
 
FAIRFAX POLICE STATION SLAYINGS: Shooter's Father Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges (Post, August 8, 2007, Page B05)
 
Fairfax Police Kill Man At Motel: Armed Passenger In Car Disobeyed Orders, Officers Say (Post, May 25, 2007, Page B01)
 
Memorials Unveiled In Fairfax For Officers (Post, May 9, 2007, Page B01)
 
A Year Later, Sully Station Still Healing: Memorial Events Today For Two Slain Officers (Post, May 8, 2007, Page B04)
 
Teen's Father Released on $100,000 Bond: Illegal Weapons Charges Against Him Because of Alleged Drug Use Are Called Unusual (Post, April 7, 2007, Page B05)
 
Teen's Father Released on $100,000 Bond: Illegal Weapons Charges Against Him Because of Alleged Drug Use Are Called Unusual (Post, April 7, 2007, Page B05)
 
A Rare Honor for the Valor of 3 Officers: 2 Victims and Colleague Who Shot Assailant at a Fairfax Station Are Lauded (Post, March 2, 2007, Page B01)
 
Washington Region's Homicides Fall Sharply: Local Decline Defies National Upswing (Post, January 1, 2007, Page A01)
 
Medals of Valor for Slain Sully Officers: Police Divulge New Details of May Shootout (Post, December 20, 2006, Page B01)
 
FAIRFAX COUNTY: Slain Suspect Had Reached Into Backpack, Police Say (Post, December 15, 2006, Page B05)
 
Fairfax Officer Kills Robbery Suspect: Police Cite 'Gestures' by Cornered Man (Post, December 14, 2006, Page B01)
 
FAIRFAX CRIME: String of 3 Slayings Startles Authorities (Post, December 12, 2006, Page B05)
 
FAIRFAX COUNTY: More Limits Sought On Civilians' Guns (Post, November 21, 2006, Page B05)
 
FAIRFAX COUNTY: Sully Station Open House a Time for Thanksgiving, Remembrance (Post, October 8, 2006, Page C05)
 
Mementos Help Ease Pain of Officers' Deaths (Post, August 4, 2006, Page B01)
 
Shootings Prompt Security Review: After Police Deaths, Worker Safety, Public Access Are Weighed (Post, June 4, 2006, Page C06)
 
Gunman Made Threats On Police, Warrant Says: Fairfax Teen's Phone Messages Sought (Post, May 31, 2006, Page B01)
 
Psychiatric Care Denied To Gunman, Attorney Says (Post, May 26, 2006, Page B01)
 
ATF Investigates Parents of Teen in Shooting: Federal Agents, Fairfax Detectives Search Family's Centreville Home (Post, May 23, 2006, Page B08)
 
A Second Police Funeral, a Mosaic of Grief: Another Saturday in Fairfax Is Given Over to Mourning After May 8 Attack on a Station (Post, May 21, 2006, Page C01)
 
Shooter Languished Between Delusions, Despair: Teen Who Killed 2 Fairfax Officers Had Reached for Help (Post, May 19, 2006, Page A01)
 
Potomac Confidential: Washington's Hour of Talk Power (washingtonpost.com, May 18, 2006; 12:00 PM)
 
In Mourning Again For a Fairfax Officer: Second Victim of Police Station Shooting Dies (Post, May 18, 2006, Page B01)
 
Thousands Mourn Fairfax Detective, 'Our Protector' (Post, May 14, 2006, Page A01)
 
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