Arlington County police are looking for a man who fired a gunshot in the Arlington View neighborhood Saturday night.
The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Dec. 27, on the 1700 block of 14th Road S., according to the latest ACPD crime report. That’s near Army Navy Country Club and Hoffman-Boston Elementary — and across I-395 from Pentagon City.
“The preliminary investigation indicates the male victim was outside when the male suspect approached in a vehicle, displayed what appeared to be a firearm and discharged the firearm into the air,” said the crime report. “The suspect then fled the scene in his vehicle described as a silver SUV. No injuries or property damage from the shooting were reported.”
The suspect remains at large and police are still investigating. It’s not clear what prompted the gunfire.
“Responding officers conducted a canvass of the area for the suspect and the vehicle yielding negative results,” the crime report notes.
It’s the second instance of shots being fired in Arlington over the weekend, after gunfire near Courthouse earlier in the day.
Also Saturday night, a boy with a gun was among a group of four teens who allegedly stole another teen’s hat during a robbery in Pentagon City.
From ACPD:
ROBBERY, 2025-12270144, 1100 block of S. Hayes Street. At approximately 7:13 p.m. on December 27, officers working a retail theft detail in the area were dispatched to the report of a fight. Upon arrival, it was determined the juvenile male victim was in the area when he was approached by a group of four juvenile male suspects. Suspect One stole the victim’s hat. When the victim confronted the suspect, he physically assaulted the victim and displayed what appeared to be a firearm in his waistband. The other male suspects physically assaulted the victim before they all fled the scene on foot. The victim sustained minor injuries. The investigation into the circumstances of this incident is ongoing.
