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1 killed in shooting, Fairfax Co. police say

Fairfax County police said officers discovered a man with a gunshot wound after an apparent shooting in the area of Mount Vernon on Saturday night.

The shooting happened before 10:30 p.m. in the 8400 block of Madge Lane. An unidentified person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead later Saturday. Police have identified four suspects and have asked pedestrians to avoid the area. A map of the approximate shooting location is included below. [google_map latitude=”38.72968″ longitude=”-77.11025″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Approx. shooting location” dynamic_map=”false”]


Search continues for swimmer who went missing in Potomac River

The search resumed Wednesday for a man who went missing in the Potomac River, near Great Falls, one day ago. A man who was with two swimmers called 911 from the shoreline of the Potomac River, south of Sandy Landing, at around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue told WTOP.
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