Woman Arrested in Connection With Homicide in Virginia Food Lion Parking Lot

A woman sought in connection with the slaying of a man outside a Virginia shopping center was arrested in Prince George's County, Maryland, about 4 p.m. Friday.

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 23-year-old Roberta Edlina Brandon without incident at a home in Capitol Heights, Prince William County police said. She is awaiting extradition to Virginia.

Cordrey Douglas Jackson, 24, of Dumfries, got involved in a physical altercation with Brandon and another man in the parking lot of the Food Lion in the 6300 block of Hoadley Road in Manassas Tuesday evening. Jackson was shot during the quarrel.

He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Jackson's death was the 22nd homicide in Prince William County in 2016.

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