WASHINGTON — Two people were killed and one has serious injuries after a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, Sunday. Alexandria police responded to a report of a shooting at 8:45 p.m. in the 200 block of North Pickett Street, just across the street from a residential building called the Hallmark. A 17-year-old girl from Alexandria was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, Yerson Nunez Lopez, 19, of Maryland, was also found dead at the scene with self-inflicted injuries. A 15-year-old boy from Alexandria was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. He is in stable condition. Police say the suspect and the victims knew each other. This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call detectives at 703-746-8751. This is the sixth homicide in Alexandria this year.
Alexandria police say there’s no threat to the public and that the shootings were contained only to the three people who’d been shot. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/kHxHaSM3gs
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP) October 23, 2017
Scene of last night’s double fatal shooting at “All Veterans Park” on North Pickett Street right off of Duke Street in Alexandria. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/EehiyzdrHG
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP) October 23, 2017
Below is the area where the shooting happened. [google_map latitude=”38.812468″ longitude=” -77.119656″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Alexandria shooting, Oct. 22″] WTOP’s Kathy Stewart contributed to this report.