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Alexandria Police Department releases body-worn camera footage of fatal police-involved shooting

Published October 24, 2024 at 2:55PM | Updated October 24, 2024 at 3:12PM

The stairwell at 5101 Maris Avenue, where resident Paul Behan was killed after a standoff with the Alexandria Police Department (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) released body-worn camera footage (warning: the video contains strong language and graphic images) of an officer involved shooting where police shot and killed Paul Behan Jr. in the stairwell outside his apartment on Aug. 12.

The footage follows police responding to Behan’s apartment for a welfare check after a coworker warned that he was armed and experiencing a mental health crisis following trouble at work. Behan was a lead technician at a hospital in D.C.

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Victim identified after fatal shooting near Arlandria Saturday night

By James Cullum

Published October 20, 2024 at 9:35PM

A man was shot and killed in the 800 block of Manor Road on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 (via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department says that the shooting death of a 23-year-old resident Saturday night (Oct. 19) is a homicide, and released the identity of the victim.

Carl Harris was found in a parking lot of an apartment building in the 800 block of Manor Road just before 8 p.m. He was put into an SUV and driven to Inova Alexandria Hospital, but was dead on arrival, according to police dispatches.

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Alexandria Police Department stepping up patrols in Braddock neighborhood after recent shootings

By Vernon Miles

Published October 1, 2024 at 9:00AM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station, Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is stepping up patrols and implementing other security measures around the Andrew Adkins development after a pair of recent shootings nearby.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, three people were shot in the Braddock neighborhood near the Andrew Adkins development, including a 15-year-old boy. One victim, Kwakia Frazier, was fatally wounded in the shooting.

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Police: Two men shot early this morning in Braddock neighborhood

By Vernon Miles

Published September 28, 2024 at 8:20AM

N. Fayette Street and Wythe Street (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department confirmed two men in their car at the intersection of N. Fayette and Wythe Streets were shot in their car just before 2 a.m.

Witnesses told police they heard what sounded like automatic gunfire, according to the police scanner.

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Mother of Braddock homicide victim says son shouldn’t have been moved without a stretcher

By James Cullum

Published September 23, 2024 at 1:15PM

A candlelight vigil for Kwakai Frazier in Alexandria's Braddock neighborhood, Sept. 21, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Kwakai Frazier’s mom says her son had no enemies and was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot and killed last Thursday night (Sept. 19) in Alexandria’s Braddock neighborhood. She also says that police carried her son from the crime scene to an ambulance, and fears that doing so could have led to his death.

In a vigil that lasted more than an hour, a large, silently respectful crowd laid flowers, candles and balloons in the courtyard where the 25-year-old Frazier was shot. Frazier and two others were shot, and Frazier later succumbed to his injuries.

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APD: Alexandria resident killed in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles

Published September 20, 2024 at 4:00PM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station, Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, one of the victims in a Braddock neighborhood shooting last night, has died.

The shooting occurred around 8:14 p.m. at 1221 Wythe Street on Thursday night. Police said Frazier and another adult victim, a 46-year-old city resident, were transported to a hospital. A third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment on the scene.

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Two victims reported, one in critical condition, in Braddock neighborhood shooting

By Vernon Miles and James Cullum

Published September 19, 2024 at 10:25PM | Updated September 20, 2024 at 4:06PM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station (staff photo by James Cullum)

Update 9/20 — One of the victims, 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, has died. Police also said a third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment at the scene.

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is responding to a shooting in the Braddock neighborhood.

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Alexandria Police Department says armed man ‘made threatening action’ before being fatally shot by police Monday night

By James Cullum and Vernon Miles

Published August 13, 2024 at 5:00PM

Interim Police Chief Raul Pedroso (staff photo by James Cullum)

Interim Alexandria Police Chief Raul Pedroso shared a few more details about the fatal shooting by an Alexandria Police Officer this morning, though many other details are being kept under wraps.

Pedroso said officers pleaded with the man to drop his weapon for around 35 minutes, but around 11:21 p.m. last night (Monday), in “response to threatening action” an APD officer shot and killed the man. The man was pronounced dead on the scene.

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APD: Officers fatally shot armed man in apartment building near Hammond Middle School

By Vernon Miles

Published August 13, 2024 at 9:00AM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 9:37AM

5101 Maris Avenue where APD shot an armed man (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department said in a release that on Monday, Aug. 12, officers fatally shot a man in a stairwell of an apartment building just off I-395.

According to the release:

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Alexandria Police investigating shooting near Duke Street on Sunday

By Vernon Miles

Published July 15, 2024 at 11:15AM

Police investigating shooting near 4600 Duke Street (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating a shooting off Duke Street yesterday (Sunday) afternoon near 4600 Duke Street

APD described the incident as “a felonious assault with non-life-threatening injuries.

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JUST IN: APD releases identities of victim and suspect after fatal Onelife Fitness shooting in Carlyle

By James Cullum

Published July 1, 2024 at 1:16PM | Updated July 1, 2024 at 1:50PM

A note left on the door of Onelife Fitness at 305 Hooffs Run Drive (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department released the identities of the dead victim and suspect in Saturday’s shooting at the Onelife Fitness (305 Hooffs Run Drive) in Carlyle. APD said that the suspect and the victim were “known to each other.”

According to dispatch, the shooting occurred inside the Onelife Fitness at around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.