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Virginia Parking Lot Altercation Turns Deadly; Suspect In Custody: Police

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Manassas that left a man dead.

Zahir Adbul-Rahman Mujahid

Zahir Adbul-Rahman Mujahid

Photo Credit: Prince William County Police

Officers responded to the 8000 block of Stream Walk Lane shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23 after receiving reports of a shooting, according to the Prince William County Police Department.

Upon arrival, they found the victim, later identified as Horace Roy Johnson, 45, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to investigators, Johnson and the suspect, Zahir Adbul-Rahman Mujahid, were involved in a physical altercation that escalated when Mujahid pulled out a firearm and shot Johnson multiple times.

Neither man has a known address, they noted.

Police searched for Mujahid, who fled the scene, and located him early the following morning in the Manassas area. He was detained without incident.

Detectives determined the incident was not random.

Mujahid was charged with:

  • Murder;
  • Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony;
  • Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

He is being held without bond. A court date has not yet been set.

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