A man has been taken to the hospital after being shot in the Arlington Mill neighborhood.
The shooting was reported around 7:30 p.m. at an apartment complex on the 5100 block of 8th Road S. Several people called 911 to report gunshots, according to scanner traffic.
Overly aggressive tactics combined with an apparent lack of mental health responders may, according to policing experts, have contributed to a standoff on Columbia Pike escalating into a fatal officer-involved shooting.
In interviews with ARLnow, two public safety experts questioned a series of decisions leading up to officers’ final confrontation with 33-year-old Shawn Valn, who was armed with a knife and had barricaded himself in a back room of a convenience store on May 8.
County leaders appear to be in an uphill battle trying to address community anger over a May police-involved shooting that killed a 33-year-old man along Columbia Pike.
Body-worn footage released last Friday was a “heavily edited, narrated theater piece designed to manufacture a narrative,” said Tia Alfred, one of several who voiced ongoing dissatisfaction at a town-hall meeting hosted by the County Board yesterday (Monday).
A man who shot someone in Clarendon and fled the country, and then escaped again while awaiting extradition, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Taha Zouheir was sentenced Friday in Arlington Circuit Court to 17 years of incarceration followed by three years of probation, according to the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Arlington County police released footage today (Friday) of the fatal officer-involved shooting that took place on Columbia Pike in May.
Videos from officers’ body-worn cameras, released at a press conference this afternoon following repeated orders from the Arlington County Board, depict the hours-long standoff, confrontation and shooting death of 33-year-old Shawn Valn inside a 7-Eleven convenience store on the evening of May 8.
Police are investigating more gunfire on S. Lowell Street in Green Valley, less than a day after a shooting on the same block left a man injured.
Officers found evidence of shots fired in the 2400 block of S. Lowell Street tonight (Thursday), along with damage to several parked cars and a home, the Arlington County Police Department said in a post on X. No injuries had been reported as of 9:52 p.m., police said.
Police are searching for suspects following a shooting in Green Valley yesterday (Wednesday) that left a man injured.
The shooting took place in the area of S. Lowell Street and S. Lincoln Street shortly before midnight.
Arlington police expect to release footage of a fatal officer-involved shooting by Friday after sharp remarks from County Board members over the weekend.
Police Chief Andy Penn on Tuesday (Oct. 20) told County Board members that plans to release body-worn camera footage of the May 8 incident are in their final stages. Police also intend to seek public comment on a policy that will guide the handling of such incidents in the future.
A deadline to release footage of a fatal Columbia Pike police shooting came and went on Friday, prompting criticisms at this weekend’s County Board meeting.
County Manager Mark Schwartz said on Saturday that he anticipates body-worn camera footage from the May incident will be released to the public by later this week. That did not satisfy a number of County Board members and others, who had expected footage in advance of the meeting.
Several people have been shot at a townhouse in the Arlington View neighborhood near Columbia Pike.
The shooting happened shortly before 3 a.m. on the 1600 block of 10th Street S. Initial reports suggest that at least two people were shot and others were grazed or injured in the panic after someone opened fire at a large house party.
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.
