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Fairfax Co. woman dead, husband hospitalized after shooting

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify the location where the shooting happened.

A woman is dead and her husband is in the hospital with serious injuries Sunday morning after a double shooting in Fairfax County, Virginia, police say.

to a home at Central Park Circle in Mount Vernon, around 3:15 a.m.



They found a husband and wife both with life-threatening gunshot wounds. The and the man has life-threatening injuries, police say.

It’s not clear yet who fired the gun, but police tell Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø they believe the incident to be domestic in nature. Police said there’s no threat to the community.

Lauren Hamilton

Lauren Hamilton is an Associate Producer at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø and a graduate of the University of Maryland. She enjoys covering the intersection of arts, culture and social justice in local communities. She began as an intern with Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø in the summer of 2021.

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