A 22-year-old Woodbridge man faces a felony charge for a drive-by shooting in the Arlandria neighborhood, according to an Alexandria Police Department affidavit.
Reinaldo Reyes Bustillo has been held without bond since his arrest on the same day as the incident (Sunday, Feb. 22). The victim told police that he got into a fight with Reyes Bustillo outside a nightclub in Herndon, and afterward returned to Alexandria with three friends in a black Tesla.
Around 4 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported gunfire in the area of Florence Drive and W. Glebe Road in Arlandria. A short time later, the victim walked into Inova Alexandria Hospital saying he had been shot on Florence Drive. He was found to have been injured only by broken glass, according to the recently released search warrant affidavit.
The victim told police that earlier in the evening in Herndon, he had argued with Reyes Bustillo about a female acquaintance, who was driving a gray four-door Infiniti with another male suspect.
“The victim said that the suspect then showed him a firearm in his waist area and he responded by telling the suspect that he was not afraid of the firearm and to go ahead and shoot him,” police said in the search warrant affidavit.
The victim told police that he got a ride to Alexandria and was on Florence Drive when he saw the Infiniti sedan drive by. The vehicle the victim was in was struck by gunfire, and police found shell casings for six bullets — two 9mm casings and four .40-caliber casings.
A license plate reader captured the Infiniti near the club in Herndon at 3:07 a.m. on Feb. 22, on Valley Drive in Alexandria at 3:48 a.m. and in Prince William County around 4:20 a.m.
Police found a 9mm handgun in Reyes Bustillo’s home. He “confessed to shooting a firearm during this incident, but alleged that [the victim’s] group may have fired as well despite no evidence to support this,” according to the search warrant affidavit.
Reyes Bustillo was charged with malicious shooting at a vehicle, a Class 4 felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. His preliminary court hearing is Friday, April 10.
