A jury today (Friday) found a Fairfax man guilty of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol for a series of crashes on April 16 that killed a teenager.
Jilmar Doria-Medina, 42, who lives in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County, has been held without bond in both the Fairfax County and Alexandria jails since the incidents that took the life of 19-year-old Abdullahi Mumin.
Mumin was walking on the sidewalk to a nearby McDonald’s with his 14-year-old brother when Doria-Medina struck him from behind in the 4700 block of King Street near the intersection with Dawes Avenue, according to court records.
The incident occured at around 8:40 p.m. The striking vehicle, a gray Lexus hatchback, then hit a light pole, knocking down power lines and temporarily shutting down the street.
Before the fatal crash, Doria-Medina also struck two vehicles in a parking lot in the 5100 block of Skyline Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads, less than a mile away.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorneys Antwoine L. Coleman Jr. and John Mark Mastakas. Coleman said Doria-Medina should never have been driving in the first place, and that he should have stopped after crashing in the parking lot.
“This defendant made a series of choices that led directly to his recklessness,” Coleman said in his closing statements yesterday (Thursday). “The defendant’s choices put him on notice that he should not have been driving on that night. He was given multiple warnings to stop before this turned into the devastating event that it did.”
Doria-Medina faces one-to-20 years in prison for the aggravated involuntary manslaughter charge and up to a year in jail and a fine up to $2,500 for the DUI charge.
Doria-Medina was represented by defense attorney Jonathan Oates, who admitted that his client struck and killed Mumin. Oates unsuccessfully argued for a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a sentence of one-to-10 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,500.
Doria-Medina’s driver’s license was suspended for six months in 2016, after he was found guilty of marijuana possession. He was also found guilty of being drunk in public in 2016 and paid a small fine.
In 2019, he was found guilty three times for driving with a revoked or suspended license, and his sentences were all suspended.
Doria-Medina will be sentenced Feb. 12, 2026.
