Police in Virginia are investigating a “claim of self-defense” in what they described as a domestic-related incident that left one man fatally shot and his girlfriend injured over the weekend.
Fairfax County police say the shooting happened Saturday inside a Hybla Valley-area home. Department spokesman Sgt. Ian Yost said the woman’s 19-year-old son is believed to be the shooter and he was taken into custody as detectives investigated the circumstances, The Washington Post reported.
“Initially, we called him a suspect. He was changed to a person of interest,” Yost said. “He is cooperating with detectives.”
After consultations with the commonwealth’s attorney, initial interviews and a crime scene review, police are formally investigating a “claim of self-defense,” Anthony Guglielmi, director of public affairs for Fairfax County police. It isn’t the final charging decision, but Guglielmi said that no charges had been filed on Sunday.
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The teen’s mother was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. At first, police described her injury as a gunshot wound, but later said it wasn’t clear how she was hurt.
