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December 09, 2008
Another Tragedy in the Vienna Area Comments (0)
ABC 7 News - Three Bodies Discovered in Vienna Home
Tue December 09, 2008
VIENNA, Va. - Three bodies have been discovered by police in a home in Vienna, near the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts.
Officer Don Gotthardt says preliminary evidence indicates there was a domestic conflict in the home, and three people were shot.
The victims have been described as a man and a woman in their 80s, who have lived in the neighborhood for years, and their son, who is in his 50s. The shooting is believed to have occurred Tuesday morning.
Investigators believe the deaths to be a murder-suicide, but the specifics remain unclear; police have not made public who they believe to have been the shooter or what the dynamics of the situation were.
Gotthardt says Fairfax County police responded to a call about a dead person in a home in the 9600 block of Cinnamon Creek Drive about 9:20 a.m. Investigators believe a family member discovered the bodies and called police.
VIENNA, Va. - Three bodies have been discovered by police in a home in Vienna, near the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts.
Officer Don Gotthardt says preliminary evidence indicates there was a domestic conflict in the home, and three people were shot.
The victims have been described as a man and a woman in their 80s, who have lived in the neighborhood for years, and their son, who is in his 50s. The shooting is believed to have occurred Tuesday morning.
Investigators believe the deaths to be a murder-suicide, but the specifics remain unclear; police have not made public who they believe to have been the shooter or what the dynamics of the situation were.
Gotthardt says Fairfax County police responded to a call about a dead person in a home in the 9600 block of Cinnamon Creek Drive about 9:20 a.m. Investigators believe a family member discovered the bodies and called police.
November 12, 2008
Attempted Carjacking in Vienna? Comments (6)
This email is circulating throughout Vienna the past few days. All names have been removed.
Hi Friends!This email is not meant to alarm anyone, but we thought we would fill you in on what happened to us last night after the XXX/XXX Irish party. XXX and I were driving home, at about 12a, down Branch street back toward our house. We were driving very slowly...probably about 10 miles/hr over one of the speed humps. As XXX was driving, he was talking to me and looking in my direction. The next thing we knew, there was a young man (black teenager or twenty-something in dark clothes) at XXX's car door. He looked as if he were about to open XXX's door to carjack us. He was physically brushing up against the car, but never did quite get the door handle. I screamed since XXX didn't even see the guy. Upon my scream, XXX too saw him and stepped on the gas. Fortunately, we got off safely. As we looked behind us, three other young black men came out from behind parked cars into the middle of the street. We stopped up at the corner far enough ahead to watch them and noticed they hopped into their four-door white car and drove off.
I cannot emphasize clearly enough that we really believe this was a carjacking attempt. So, please be careful driving in Vienna on dark, quiet streets. We will be staying on 123 as much as we can. We did notify the police and they seemed to take the report seriously. They did tell me that there have been a lot of thefts on Branch recently.
Please feel free to send this email to anyone in Vienna that you care to inform. Please be aware and stay safe. We feel very fortunate to be alive today.
November 04, 2008
Murder in Tyson's Corner. Comments (3)
Taxicab Driver Murdered in Tysons Corner
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Fairfax County police officers on Nov. 2 discovered a taxicab driver dead inside his vehicle in Tysons Corner.
A resident saw the vehicle parked in the 8400 block of Greensboro Drive at around 7 a.m. that day. Later that day, the same person saw the vehicle still parked there, and called police to conduct a welfare check on the person inside.
Around 1:25 p.m., officers discovered the deceased victim, who had apparent trauma to the upper body, police said.
Authorities on Nov. 3 identified the victim as Mazhar Nazir, 49, of Falls Church.
Homicide detectives canvassed the area as crime-scene technicians processed the site.
This is the 13th homicide in Fairfax County in 2008, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Crime Solvers by phone at (866) 411-8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637, or call Fairfax County police at (703) 691-2131.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Fairfax County police officers on Nov. 2 discovered a taxicab driver dead inside his vehicle in Tysons Corner.
A resident saw the vehicle parked in the 8400 block of Greensboro Drive at around 7 a.m. that day. Later that day, the same person saw the vehicle still parked there, and called police to conduct a welfare check on the person inside.
Around 1:25 p.m., officers discovered the deceased victim, who had apparent trauma to the upper body, police said.
Authorities on Nov. 3 identified the victim as Mazhar Nazir, 49, of Falls Church.
Homicide detectives canvassed the area as crime-scene technicians processed the site.
This is the 13th homicide in Fairfax County in 2008, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Crime Solvers by phone at (866) 411-8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637, or call Fairfax County police at (703) 691-2131.
