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22-Year-Old Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified By Prince William County Police 22-Year-Old Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified By Prince William County Police
22-Year-Old Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified By Prince William County Police New details have been released after a 22-year-old Woodbridge man was killed in an officer-involved shooting early on Thursday morning. Gabriel Rene Ramirez has been identified as the victim who was shot and killed following an incident that played out overnight and came to a grisly conclusion early on Aug. 1 following a lengthy standoff.  Shortly after 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday night, officers were initially called to a home in the 3400 block of Caledonia Circle in Woodbridge, where there was a reported suicidal person, who was ultimately found "agitated" with a gun in the backyard of a …

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police
Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police New details have been released by the Fairfax County Police Department after a man wanted for soliciting sexual acts from a minor was taken into custody following a four-hour standoff.  Centreville resident Cody Christopher Flynn, 35, is facing multiple charges following a lengthy barricade that ended up with him behind bars after refusing officers' demands on Friday night, authorities announced. Shortly before 10 p.m. on July 12, officers from the department's SWAT team attempted to serve a warrant in the 13800 block of Fount Beattie Court following tips that Flynn had been solic…

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by Zak Failla
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35-Gallon Stockpile Of Gasoline Used In Igniting Deadly Arlington Home Explosion, Probe Finds 35-Gallon Stockpile Of Gasoline Used In Igniting Deadly Arlington Home Explosion, Probe Finds
35-Gallon Stockpile Of Gasoline Used In Igniting Deadly Arlington Home Explosion, Probe Finds Police have released their findings into the Dec. 3, 2023 home explosion set by a 56-year-old suspect in Arlington. Officers were called to James Yoo's home, a duplex on N. Burlington Street, after Yoo fired multiple rounds from a flare gun out of his window, police said. Yoo barricaded himself inside, prompting a 3-hour and 40-minute standoff that ended in a home explosion, that authorities are now saying was caused by Yoo. Investigators determined that Yoo had stockpiled more than 35 gallons of gasoline at his home, federal and local police said on Friday, June 7, 2024. While offic…

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by Cecilia Levine