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Investigation Launched After Woman Shot Multiple Times In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says Investigation Launched After Woman Shot Multiple Times In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says
Investigation Launched After Woman Shot Multiple Times In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says A 22-year-old woman is in critical but stable condition after being shot multiple times in Spotsylvania County, officials said. Deputies from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office responded to the 8100 block of Cherry Tree Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 4, around 7 p.m., following a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the woman suffering from several gunshot wounds. First responders from Spotsylvania Fire and Rescue transported her to a nearby hospital after deputies provided immediate medical care. The woman remains hospitalized as detectives continue investigating the incident.…

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Two Students Hospitalized After Stabbing At Virginia High School: Police Two Students Hospitalized After Stabbing At Virginia High School: Police
Two Students Hospitalized After Stabbing At Virginia High School: Police A violent altercation between two students at Henrico High School left one with life-threatening injuries and another hospitalized on Wednesday afternoon, Henrico Police said. The incident happened shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, when officers responded to the school after a report of a fight between two teens. A School Resource Officer immediately arrived at the scene and discovered both students injured. One of the students was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the other was taken to a different hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, accordi…

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

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Road-Raging Driver Who 'Terrorized' Father In Virginia Finds Out Fate At Sentencing Road-Raging Driver Who 'Terrorized' Father In Virginia Finds Out Fate At Sentencing
Road-Raging Driver Who 'Terrorized' Father In Virginia Finds Out Fate At Sentencing A driver who was too fast and too furious is set to spend years behind bars in Virginia after a road rage incident involving a father and son in Loudoun County last fall.  Ricardo Osiel Avilez Blanco, 28, was sentenced to serve eight years in the Virginia Department of Corrections with no time suspended for an attempted malicious wounding charge dating back to an episode that ended in the parking lot of Heritage High School in October 2023. According to prosecutors, on Oct. 14, 2023, a man was driving with his son in Leesburg when Avilez Blanco began to tailgate and aggressively f…

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Ravens Fan John Callis Indicted For Assault On Commanders Fans After Game In Baltimore Ravens Fan John Callis Indicted For Assault On Commanders Fans After Game In Baltimore
Ravens Fan John Callis Indicted For Assault On Commanders Fans After Game In Baltimore The losses continue to pile up for John Callis, who was indicted for alleged assault during a postgame attack earlier this month after the Ravens-Commanders game, the state's attorney's office announced. Callis, 24, was indicted on Friday after his now-infamous attack of multiple fans that was caught on camera and swiftly went viral, leading to a host of charges after he surrendered to police. John Callis' arrest. Baltimore Police Department The Ravens topped the Commanders 30-23 in a hotly contested game on Sunday, Oct. 13, but it was happened after the game that made more headline…

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Father Of Newborn Sentenced For Killing Baby's Mother, Grandmother In Front Of Kid In DC: Feds Father Of Newborn Sentenced For Killing Baby's Mother, Grandmother In Front Of Kid In DC: Feds
Father Of Newborn Sentenced For Killing Baby's Mother, Grandmother In Front Of Kid In DC: Feds The Maryland man who set an apartment on fire with an infant inside and killed his child's mother and grandmother in Southeast DC more than three years ago may spend the rest of his life in prison. Clinton resident Keenan Turner, 35, was sentenced to 68 years in prison in connection to the April 2021 murders of Wanda and Ebony Wright, the shooting of a third victim, and the attempted murder of an infant when he set the fire, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors say that Turner's intention in committing the offenses was "solely to avoid paying child support."  They had been pushi…

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Roommate Kills Married Couple In VA, Flees To NJ Seeking Estranged Wife With Loaded AK-47: Cops Roommate Kills Married Couple In VA, Flees To NJ Seeking Estranged Wife With Loaded AK-47: Cops
Roommate Kills Married Couple In VA, Flees To NJ Seeking Estranged Wife With Loaded AK-47: Cops A Virginia man who authorities said killed a married couple renting the basement of the home he also lived in has been arrested after fleeing to New Jersey where he threatened more people with a gun, authorities said. Amandeep Singh, 49, is being held in Burlington County, NJ following his arrest for a double murder in Prince William County following the feud with other residents of the home on the 8900 block of Hanson Grove Court in Manassas Sunday, Oct. 13, Prince William County police said. Singh gunned down Nicole and Josh Davis, both 45, sometime before he fled to Evesham, NJ…

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Sports
Viral Assault: Ravens Fan High Fives Cameraman In Attack Caught On Video Viral Assault: Ravens Fan High Fives Cameraman In Attack Caught On Video
Viral Assault: Ravens Fan High Fives Cameraman In Attack Caught On Video There were winners on the field, and there were losers off the field following the Raven's victory over crosstown rival Washington Commanders in the Battle of the Beltway. The Ravens topped the Commanders 30-23 in a hotly contested game, but it was the fireworks after the game that went viral after a fan sporting a Lamar Jackson jersey brutalized a pair of fans wearing Commanders gear.  An Instagram video posted by a user that was picked up by multiple outlets has gone viral after one fan accosted another following the game outside of an area bar. The person shooting the video can be …

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One Critical, One Stable Following Morning Double Shooting Near Virginia Intersection: Police One Critical, One Stable Following Morning Double Shooting Near Virginia Intersection: Police
One Critical, One Stable Following Morning Double Shooting Near Virginia Intersection: Police Two people were hospitalized - one in critical condition - following a double shooting near a busy Alexandria intersection, police say. Officers responded at around 2 a.m. on Saturday morning to the area of North Fayette Street and Wythe Street, where they found two minors inside a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They were located in the 1100 block of Wythe Street. There is a significant police presence in the 1100 block of Wythe St. due to a shooting. Two male victims were shot while in a vehicle. Both were transported to hospitals with no info on their conditions. Anyo…

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Pair Accosted By Masked Men; One Shot During Armed Robbery Outside Virginia Business: Police Pair Accosted By Masked Men; One Shot During Armed Robbery Outside Virginia Business: Police
Pair Accosted By Masked Men; One Shot During Armed Robbery Outside Virginia Business: Police A violent armed robbery in Arlington is under investigation after four men targeted a pair who were walking toward an area business on Sunday morning, police say. Shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Sept. 15, shots rang out in the Ballston-Virginia Square neighborhood that resulted with one man suffering from a gunshot wound. Google Maps street view Upon arrival to the 800 block of North Glebe Road on Sunday, officers from the Arlington Police Department found a man suffering from a gunshot wound and provided aid until paramedics arrived to take him to an area hospital. He was listed in stable c…

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Two Men Get 100+ Years For Nine Day Shooting Spree That Ended With 13-Year-Old's Death: Feds Two Men Get 100+ Years For Nine Day Shooting Spree That Ended With 13-Year-Old's Death: Feds
Two Men Get 100+ Years For Nine Day Shooting Spree That Ended With 13-Year-Old's Death: Feds Two men will spend the rest of their lives in prison for a nine-day shooting spree throughout the DMV region that resulted in the death of a teenage boy, federal authorities announced. Tyiion Freeman, 25, and Koran Jackson, 24, both of DC, have each been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison in connection to the crime spree that ended with the death of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes in 2020.  Specifically, Freeman was sentenced to 108 years and Jackson received 164 years in prison. A Superior Court jury found the two, and a third conspirator, Stephon Nelson guilty in July of:  …

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Obituaries
'Loving, Caring, Compassionate,' Woman, 22, Killed With BF In Virginia Remembered By Loved Ones 'Loving, Caring, Compassionate,' Woman, 22, Killed With BF In Virginia Remembered By Loved Ones
'Loving, Caring, Compassionate,' Woman, 22, Killed With BF In Virginia Remembered By Loved Ones A family is "struggling to make sense of something that is senseless" after a 22-year-old woman and her boyfriend were shot and killed in Loudoun County. Mijal Conejero-Romera and Diego Alexander Woollett, both 22, were identified by investigators as the two who were found shot in Sterling and later died at an area hospital on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Mijal Conejero-Romera GoFundMe A friend of the family who had known Conejero-Romera since she was 8 years old described her as "such a sweet girl, (who was) always smiling. "We don't know how we're going to go on," she continued.…

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