The body of 33-year-old Brenda Ochoa Guerrero was found in the passenger side of her car in the parking lot of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. (Courtesy Fairfax County police) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a car in the Inova Mount Vernon Hospital parking lot last week. The body of 33-year-old Brenda Ochoa Guerrero was found in the passenger side of her car in the hospital parking lot around 10:45 a.m. on April 13, after someone called police to report seeing an unconscious woman in a car. An autopsy later confirmed Ochoa Guerrero had suffered a gunshot wound to her upper body. For now, police are calling it a death investigation. They have released video footage of two men they are calling persons of interest, according to Lt. James Curry. The two men were seen parking Ochoa Guerrero’s car in the hospital lot at 1:11 a.m. — several hours before her body was discovered. Police said the men were picked up by an SUV that drove out of the area. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone by calling 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477).
Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau continue to ask for our community’s help identifying the two men related to the death of Brenda Ochoa Guerrero. Tips can be submitted anonymously through @FFXCrimeSolvers. For more info, https://t.co/k3W9ps8bhmpic.twitter.com/KEQIsYgw0w
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) April 17, 2023
The area surrounding the hospital is largely residential, and police are asking residents there to review their home-security video and share any relevant footage. WTOP’s Megan Cloherty contributed to this report.
Fairfax Co. seeks to exempt Potomac River to protect water if Va. declares drought emergency
Northern Virginia remains under a drought watch, and Fairfax County leaders want to make sure there’s enough drinking water to go around if Virginia declares a drought emergency.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized Chairman Jeff McKay to write to Governor Abigail Spanberger, to request that the Potomac River be excluded from a Virginia drought-specific declaration, since Fairfax Water is dependent on the Potomac as its drinking water supply.
