Police recovered two firearms, including an AR-style rifle, and numerous rounds of ammunition after responding to a reported domestic dispute near Clarendon.
The incident occurred around 9:18 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday) at an apartment building in the 900 block of N. Ivy Street in Ashton Heights, according to ACPD’s latest crime report.
A caller had initially reported a domestic violence incident, according to scanner traffic. After knocking on the door to the suspect’s residence, however, arriving officers heard the noise of “a firearm slide being racked,” police said — meaning that a round had likely been chambered in the gun.
Police established a perimeter around the property before the department’s Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant of the residence. A 56-year-old Arlington man was arrested and charged with reckless handling of a firearm as well as assault and battery.
More on the incident, below, from ACPD.
RECKLESS HANDING OF A FIREARM, 2024-09100219, 900 block of N. Ivy Street. At approximately 9:18 p.m. on September 10, police were dispatched to the report of a dispute inside a residence. Upon arrival, officers attempted to make contact with the occupants of the residence by knocking and announcing themselves as law enforcement during which they heard the noise of a firearm slide being racked inside the home. A perimeter was established and a search warrant for the residence was obtained. Members of the Emergency Response Team executed the search warrant, took the suspect into custody and recovered a loaded firearm with an extended magazine, an AR-style rifle loaded with a drum magazine and ammunition. The preliminary investigation indicates the suspect was inside the residence when he became involved in a verbal dispute with the victim, during which he allegedly assaulted her. The victim left the residence prior to police arrival and was later safely located. [The suspect], 56, of Arlington, VA was arrested and charged with Reckless Handling of a Firearm and Assault & Battery.
