Shooting
- Manassas Shooting Suspect's Criminal History Raises Questions on Bond Decisions
A 16-year-old girl died as an innocent bystander in a shooting at the First Friday event in Old Town Manassas on September 4, 2026.
- Manassas Shooting Suspect Had Prior Convictions and Pending Charges
Authorities in Manassas have charged 21-year-old Tasheem Rashad Douglas with second-degree murder and related firearm offenses following a shooting on September 4, 2026.
- Old Dominion University Shooter, Convicted of Islamic State Links, Released From Prison Only 2 Years Before Attack
Documents from the court show that less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh had been released from prison on charges of attempting to help the Islamic State, he opened fire in a class before ROTC students were able to subdue and kill him.
- Independent report calls for campus safety overhaul at Old Dominion University after fatal shooting
An independent firm recommended Old Dominion University improve campus safety, threat assessment, emergency response, communications, and institutional processes in a report released Tuesday, after a fatal campus shooting killed an employee and injured multiple students in May. The report comes as the university prepares to welcome students back to Norfolk on Aug. 24, three months […]
- Here are 10 notable new Virginia laws that will take effect July 1
Hundreds of new Virginia laws will begin taking effect Wednesday, after Gov. Abigail Spanberger acted on more than 1,100 bills approved by the Democratic-controlled General Assembly earlier this year. Not every measure passed this year will be triggered into action all at once. Some policies will phase in over the coming months or years, while […]
- Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, then himself, police say
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax presides over the state Senate during the 2020 General Assembly session in Richmond; police say he fatally shot his wife early Thursday morning before taking his own life. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife, Cerina Fairfax, before taking his own […]
- Two Fairfax County Police Officers shot during Fair Oaks traffic stop, gunman killed
A gunfight broke out during a traffic check in Fair Oaks on Wednesday, leaving two Fairfax County officers wounded and one local man dead.
- A man was shot in Herndon near the Worldgate Shopping Center
Around 2:40 pm today (Wednesday), officers from the Town of Herndon police department and Fairfax County Police Department were dispatched the 2100 block of Centreville Road.