Gunfire prompted a large police response to Wakefield High School over the weekend.
Officers were dispatched around 7 p.m. Saturday for a report of a man who fired a shot into the air on school grounds.
The suspect, thought to be in his 20s or 30s, was reported to be driving off in a silver BMW with Virginia tags but was stopped and detained along S. Dinwiddie Street, according to scanner traffic.
“Responding officers located and detained the suspect,” Arlington County police said via social media around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. “A firearm has been recovered and no injuries were reported. Police remain in the area investigating the incident.”
In a crime report item Monday, police said the gunfire stemmed from a dispute involving access to a sports field.
From ACPD:
SHOT FIRED, 2025-04260183, 1300 block of S. Dinwiddie Street. At approximately 6:58 p.m. on April 26, police were dispatched to Wakefield High School for the report of a person with a gun. Upon arrival, it was determined the male victim attempted to gain access to a sports field when the male suspect allegedly confronted him and a verbal dispute ensued. The suspect then made threatening statements, retrieved a firearm from his vehicle and fired one shot into the air before fleeing the scene in his vehicle. No injuries were reported. Responding officers located the suspect in the area of S. George Mason Drive and S. Dinwiddie Street and took him into custody without incident. During the course of the investigation, evidence of a shot being fired and a firearm were recovered. [The suspect], 33, of Fredericksburg, Va. was arrested and charged with Reckless Handling of a Firearm, Brandishing a Firearm on School Grounds, Discharging a Firearm Near a School and Possession of a Weapon on School Property.
