1 dead, 2 injured in Fairfax County shooting

By WTOP Staff
November 19, 2015 | 7:02 AM

WASHINGTON — One person was killed, and two others injured in a shooting Wednesday night in the Mount Vernon area of the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia.

The shooting happened around 10 p.m. inside an apartment on Audubon Avenue, near U.S. 1.

Police said one of the victims, a man, died at the hospital. Two others were injured, and they are being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.

Fairfax County police conducted what spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell described as an “exhaustive search” for a suspect Wednesday night as police followed up leads.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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