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This story has been updated with additional details from APD. 

The Alexandria Police Department and Alexandria Fire Department responded to an apparent accidental shooting in a Taylor Run apartment this afternoon (May 28).


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A jury has found Damontie Earl James guilty of voluntary manslaughter when he shot and killed his former roommate Kory Anding in an apartment in Alexandria’s West End.

James, 27, has been held without bond since his arrest following the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Kory Anding at James’ sister’s apartment at 3450 Berkeley Street on Oct. 25, 2025. Anding was the father of two children with James’ sister. James claimed he shot Anding in self-defense. James was also found guilty of unlawful shooting in an occupied building and not guilty of using a firearm in the commission of a murder.


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This story has been updated to provide the latest timeline on the jury verdict.

A 27-year-old Alexandria man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former roommate has pleaded not guilty and now awaits a jury’s verdict.


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A fatal officer-involved shooting followed the suspect’s fatal shooting of a female victim in Alexandria early Monday (May 18), according to police.

Around 4:05 a.m., the Alexandria Police Department responded to a report of a female victim who had been shot at an apartment complex (27 Canterbury Square) in the West End. Two relatives had left the apartment, leaving the suspect barricaded inside a room with the victim.


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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.


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The Alexandria Police Department has identified the man fatally shot Wednesday on N. Patrick Street as 27-year-old D.C. resident Marquette Holmes.

Officers had responded to shots fired at the 900 block of N. Patrick Street around 6:36 p.m. Wednesday. At the scene, police located a man, now identified as Holmes, and a teenage male suffering from gunshot wounds, first responders said on the scanner.


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The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that killed one man and injured a juvenile in the city yesterday (Wednesday).

According to APD, officers responded to shots fired at the 900 block of N. Patrick Street at around 6:36 p.m. and found a man “inside an apartment building suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, as well as a juvenile man with an apparent gunshot wound.”


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A man who suffered gunshot wounds from a shooting near Potomac Yard last night (Sunday) was transported to the hospital in “serious but stable condition,” according to the Alexandria Police Department.

APD responded to the 400 block of Calvert Avenue just after 9 p.m. last night following multiple reports of gunfire in the area. Upon arrival, officers found a 25-year-old man with gunshot wounds in a parking garage at 450 Swann Avenue and transported him to the hospital. They also recovered shell casings at the scene.


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An 18-year-old Alexandria man goes to court this month for allegedly shooting and robbing a man in Alexandria West back in August.

John Montgomery is being held without bond after his Dec. 12 arrest, more than four months after the Aug. 19 shooting and robbery in an apartment parking lot at the 3200 block of S. 28th Street.


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First responders transported a man to the hospital early Sunday morning after he accidentally shot himself in the leg in Seminary Hill, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The 23-year-old man sustained a non-life threatening injury and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital from an apartment parking lot at the 4600 block of Seminary Road, according to APD dispatches.


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The Alexandria Police Department responded to an incident late this morning (Friday) in which a man reportedly shot himself in the leg in Eisenhower West. 

The 43-year-old man told officers he accidentally shot himself while placing a firearm into his pocket, according to dispatches from APD. The man self-reported the incident to police around 11:20 a.m. from the 2800 block of Telek Place. 


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