The County Board has ordered the release of available footage from a fatal Columbia Pike police shooting earlier this year.
The Board announced this morning (Friday) that it has directed County Manager Mark Schwartz to release video of the incident that resulted in the death of 33-year-old Shawn Valn by Friday, Oct. 16. No footage accompanied the announcement and it is unclear what, specifically, will be released.
Arlington’s top prosecutor is asking for a special grand jury to investigate the police shooting that killed a man inside a Columbia Pike 7-Eleven.
The Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church announced Thursday afternoon that it will ask the court to convene the panel to look into the May 8 death of Shawn Valn, 33. The grand jury would determine whether there is probable cause to support criminal charges.
Staff from several Arlington County departments are in the process of reviewing last month’s fatal crash on S. Glebe Road.
In compliance with the county’s Vision Zero Action Plan, the collision that killed a 48-year-old woman on Aug. 16 is under review by transportation engineers, public health representatives and a county manager’s representative, in addition to the Arlington County Police Department and state police.
A woman was found dead outside of the entrance to the Rosslyn Metro station Sunday afternoon, prompting a death investigation.
So far, the death is not believed to be suspicious in nature, Arlington County police tell ARLnow.
The founder and director of a children’s dance program in Arlington, missing since Sunday, has been found dead.
Susannah Keefe, 52, was located in the Potomac River around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, a spokesperson for D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department told ARLnow.
A Falls Church man has been arrested after allegedly trying to prevent police from entering a hotel room containing the dead body of a 78-year-old woman.
The Falls Church Police Department announced the investigation of a “suspicious death” following the incident at the Sonesta Suites (205 Hillwood Avenue). Police said they were dispatched around 10:10 a.m. last Tuesday for a welfare check on a guest.
County Board members are asking for residents’ patience as authorities continue an investigation into a fatal police shooting on Columbia Pike in May.
Board Chair Matt de Ferranti responded to a petition drive launched for information and dialogue around the death of 33-year-old Shawn Valn, who was shot and killed by Arlington officers after barricading himself in a 7-Eleven store at 3602 Columbia Pike.
A woman has died after her vehicle veered off Lorcom Lane and struck a parked car in a driveway.
Mauricia Flores De Andrade, 61, of Burke, was alone in the vehicle, Arlington County police said. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.
A 77-year-old woman who was critically injured in a house fire near East Falls Church earlier this month has died.
Deborah Boyd, who lived in the home, died of the injuries she suffered in the June 14 blaze, the Arlington County Fire Department said. The department confirmed her death yesterday (Tuesday), after her next of kin were notified.
A portion of N. Glebe Road is closed near Chain Bridge due to a death investigation.
Initial reports suggest that someone jumped or fell from a bridge along the GW Parkway around 2:30 p.m. They were reportedly found near the Potomac Heritage Trail and pronounced dead on the scene.
The lower level of the Metro station at the Pentagon is closed after person was struck and killed by a train.
A person reportedly jumped in front of a train around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Passengers were evacuated off the train, power to the third rail was cut and the lower level of the station closed.
Some Columbia Pike community members are planning a vigil tonight (Wednesday) for a man police fatally shot during a standoff last Friday.
The death of Shawn Valn, 33, remains under investigation by the Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team and no new information from the Arlington County Police Department is publicly available right now, police spokesperson Ashley Savage told ARLnow.
