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Teen arrested in case of 9-year-old girl hit by stray bullet  - The Washington Post

A 9-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet and suffered critical injuries while playing in a Woodbridge neighborhood Wednesday, Prince William County police said. The harrowing scene was captured by a security camera.

Investigators arrested a Triangle teenager on Thursday in connection with the wounding of a 9-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet and suffered critical injuries while playing in a Woodbridge neighborhood Tuesday, Prince William County police said.

Officers were called about 6:40 p.m. to the 15300 block of Gatehouse Terrace, where they found the girl suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.

Officers administered aid until rescue crews arrived, and the girl was flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham said Wednesday afternoon that she remained in an intensive care unit.

Late Thursday night, police officials announced they had arrested a 15-year-old male on charges that included aggravated malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding, shooting at an occupied vehicle and gun charges. The teenager was not identified by police.

Police arrested the teen in Woodbridge without incident, and he was being held at the juvenile detention center, according to a statement.

Newsham said an investigation revealed that a group of teenage males, possibly juveniles, were walking in the area when one opened fire at a car. Multiple shots were fired and one of the bullets struck the girl. The vehicle was also hit.

The harrowing scene was captured by a security camera.

Newsham said investigators were able to locate the driver of the car, but he revealed little about a motive for the shooting. The chief said one theory is that there was an existing dispute between the driver and the group of males.

Newsham said police have some leads on identifying the group of males but asked the public for additional tips. Newsham said he was dismayed by the shooting.

“I think it goes to the belief by some in the community that it’s okay to discharge a firearm in our community,” the chief said. “We need to change that.”

The shooting was captured by a neighbor’s surveillance camera and <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-moment-9-year-old-girl-was-shot-while-playing-outside-in-woodbridge-neighborhood" target="_blank">obtained by Fox 5 news</a>.

The video shows five children playing on a sidewalk in a townhouse development, as four individuals in black walk up a parallel sidewalk on the far side of a parking lot. The children appear to notice the individuals, and one of the children mentions something about “gangsters.”

Soon after, a silver car enters the parking lot, drives by the individuals in black and then stops. The vehicle reverses and turns around, heading back toward the individuals in black. Suddenly, three gunshots can be heard and the car drives off.

The children scatter and a girl who is part of the group falls backward on the sidewalk and begins screaming. She says at one point, “I can’t feel my legs!” A woman runs to her and picks her up before the video ends.

Master Police Officer Renee Carr, a spokeswoman for the Prince William County Police Department, said investigators are looking into whether one or more of the individuals in black involved in the shooting were masked.

Justin Jouvenal covers courts and policing in Fairfax County and across the nation. He joined The Post in 2009. 

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Martin Weil is a longtime reporter at The Washington Post.

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Six people injured after car strikes pedestrians in Annandale, police say - The Washington Post

Six people were injured after a car ran off a road in Annandale on Friday morning and struck a group of pedestrians, Fairfax County police said.

The driver of a Nissan Sentra, a passenger and four pedestrians were all transported to a hospital, said Fairfax County Police Lt. James Curry. The five who survived suffered serious injuries that were not life-threatening, Curry said.

Officers were called to the scene of the crash in the 7200 block of Maple Place shortly after 11 a.m., Curry said.

An initial investigation found that the driver dropped food and spilled a drink and as she tried to get the items, she “lost control of the vehicle crossing the center median,” according to a police statement.

The car ran off the road, struck the pedestrians and hit a chain-link fence before stopping, Curry said. Officials said the pedestrians were in a parking lot, discussing a community project in the area. The vehicle hit four of them before it struck a the fence.

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Authorities said the pedestrian who had life-threatening injuries was taken to a hospital, where she died the next day. She was later identified as Eileen Garnett, 83, of Annandale.

Information about the condition of the driver and passenger was not immediately available. Police said an initial investigation found that speed and alcohol did not appear to be factors in the accident.

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Woman killed in Fairfax County crash - The Washington Post

A woman was killed in a two-car crash that occurred in the Baileys Crossroads area shortly after 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, Fairfax County police said.

A Honda Accord struck a Volkswagen Jetta as it was turning into Skyline Plaza in the 3700 block of South George Mason Drive, police said. The Jetta was headed southbound on the roadway at the time of the crash, while the Accord was heading northbound.

The crash killed an adult female passenger in the Jetta, and the adult female driver was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The driver of the Accord and a passenger tried to flee the scene on foot after the crash, but officers located them, police said. The driver was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The passenger, an adult male, was arrested on charges of being drunk in public, police said.

Detectives are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Authorities later identified the passenger killed in the Jetta as Gladis Suyapa Deras, 54, of Falls Church, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver had injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. They said speed and alcohol appeared to be factors in the crash.

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Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 20060 block of Old Line Terrace shortly before 9:30 a.m. for a report of a man found dead outside the townhouse. Kraig Troxell, director of media relations for the sheriff’s office, said a neighbor had tried to extinguish the flames on the victim.

When deputies searched the home, Troxell said they found a woman dead on the third floor. She appeared to be the victim of a stabbing. Police said no one else was home at the time of the incident.

Police have not officially identified the two people, but said they appeared to be a couple from Egypt who had three school-age children. Police say they are still awaiting confirmation of the man’s identity before releasing that information.

Troxell said police are still investigating how the deaths occurred.

“Everything appears isolated to this residence and there does not appear to be a threat to the community,” Troxell said.

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