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Shooter, 24, Who Struggled With Victim In Bailey's Crossroads Arrested In Alexandria: Police

A 24-year-old man who had been wanted since April 12 in an armed robbery gone wrong in Bailey's Crossroads has been arrested, police said.

Abner Neftali Selen Barrera.

Abner Neftali Selen Barrera.

Photo Credit: Fairfax County PD

Abner Neftali Selen Barrera approached a man getting out of his car on Lake Street in Bailey's Crossroads around 5 a.m. on Friday, April 12, then pulled out a gun and demanded his property, police said.

A struggle ensued and the victim was shot in the lower body, and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Barrera, of Del Ray, was identified as a suspect and arrested in Alexandria on Tuesday, April 30, police said.

He was charged with malicious wounding, and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and lodged in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.

Detectives would like to speak to anyone who may have information about this case. Those with information are asked to please call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 5. 

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