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A security guard has pleaded guilty to illegally shooting a trespassing teen at the Key Bridge Marriott site in Rosslyn.

Ahmed Namnoom, 54, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding last Thursday in Arlington circuit court, a charge that carries between one and five years in prison.


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Arlington County police are investigating a second shooting in the Green Valley neighborhood.

The Saturday evening shooting happened on the same day as an early morning shooting one block away. Both resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to the victims, though the evening shooting victim — a juvenile male who showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound, according to police — was reported to be seriously injured.


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A man was shot in the Green Valley neighborhood early Saturday morning.

The shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. near Drew Elementary School and the intersection of 23rd Street S. and S. Kenmore Street. It followed reports of a group of people arguing in the area, though the exact circumstances leading to the shooting are unclear.


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Arlington County police are investigating a shooting with multiple teen victims along Columbia Pike on Halloween night.

Numerous gunshots were heard around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. Police quickly responded to the intersection of the Pike and S. Taylor Street and found three people shot, according to scanner traffic, possibly as a result of two groups of people shooting at each other from across the street.


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An Arlington man who shot and killed a man in a Buckingham apartment was sentenced to 33 years in state prison yesterday (Monday).

James Ray Williams, 42, received 30 years for the murder of Sean “Malik” Bowman in 2023. He also received a three-year sentence for the use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, in addition to another seven years because he was on probation when he committed these crimes.


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A man was shot and critically injured in Ballston this morning.

Police were dispatched around 6:15 a.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired in front of the Westin hotel. They found a man in his 20s shot in the lower body and several witnesses to the shooting, who said the suspects drove off in the direction of I-66, according to scanner traffic.


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Police are investigating gunfire in the Arlington View neighborhood, along Columbia Pike.

The shots were fired just before 2 p.m. along the 1200 block of S. Ross Street, near the Trove Apartments and the edge of Army Navy Country Club. There are no reports of anyone or anything being struck by the gunfire, though initial reports suggest that the shooting might have targeted at least one person who later talked with police.


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An Arlington man and his girlfriend were killed in a shooting in Loudoun County yesterday.

Diego Alexander Woollett, 22, was one of two people shot and killed in the area of Huntington Square in Sterling early Thursday morning, police said.


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Arlington County police are investigating a police-involved shooting in Rosslyn.

The shooting happened near the intersection of N. Lynn Street and 19th Street N. around 11:30 a.m.


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Arlington County police say an 18-year-old Alexandria man shot and critically wounded another man in Courthouse last month.

ACPD announced the arrest of A-Jay Jones today, saying he pulled the trigger outside of a Courthouse hotel early on the morning of May 19. Police previously said the shooting happened as a result of a dispute between two groups of people.


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Arlington County police are investigating gunfire along Route 1 in the Crystal City area this afternoon.

The incident happened around 2 p.m. on Route 1 near the airport ramps. Initial reports suggest that a driver in a late model Acura sedan fired at least two shots at another motorist, who was driving a pickup truck.


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