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Body-cam Footage Shows Tense Fairfax County Parking Lot Police Shooting That Killed Ex-Con Body-cam Footage Shows Tense Fairfax County Parking Lot Police Shooting That Killed Ex-Con
Body-cam Footage Shows Tense Fairfax County Parking Lot Police Shooting That Killed Ex-Con Authorities have released bodycam footage in a Fairfax County parking lot police shootout that killed a 37-year-old ex-con who had been wanted for firing a stolen gun (scroll down for video). Video footage shows officers repeatedly telling Christian Parker sitting inside of a Volvo sedan at the Springfield Town Center parking lot on Thursday, June 30, as officers repeatedly tell him to show his hands. Parker can be seen raising a gun as officers yell "he's got a gun," at which point officers yell "Drop your gun or you're going to get shot." After giving more than 30 commands to show his h…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout
Police ID Ex-Con Killed In Virginia Shootout Police have identified the 37-year-old ex-con who was killed in a police shootout earlier this week in Fairfax County. Christian Parker, of Reston, had been wanted for firing a gun in a home Sunday and other offenses when police confronted him in the parking lot of the Springfield Mall around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, county police said. Parker had been convicted of "many, many felonies," Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. When officers found him in the lot, they positioned their cars in a way to stop his escape.  Parker entered his car as officers approached, and three offi…

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by Josh Lanier & Cecilia Levine