A teenager was killed in a shooting in Herndon, Virginia, Wednesday afternoon, and police are searching for the shooter.
“We’re searching for who we believe the suspect to be,” Fairfax County police Deputy Chief Brooke Wright said.
Witnesses say a confrontation among three teenagers led to the shooting before 4 p.m. in a hotel parking lot in the 13700 block of Coppermine Road.
The three teens got into a fight, and one of them pulled out a gun and fired at least three shots at the other teens, striking and killing one of them, police said. The shots missed the third teen, who was able to identify the shooter to police.
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There is a massive police response to the shooting, with several heavily armed officers.
“We have a teenager who’s dead and shouldn’t be,” Wright said. “I can’t imagine anything more devastating for that kid’s family. So, we take that very, very seriously. And obviously, the suspect, we know, was armed with a firearm. So, because of that, yes, we’re going to have heavily, heavily armed officers that are searching for that suspect, who we believe could be dangerous to them if encountered.”
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Police are looking for a Hispanic male wearing all-black clothing, Fairfax County police said.
A witness told Telemundo 44 they were pulling into the parking lot and saw someone running away and another person on the ground.
The shooter was believed to have fled toward Lutie Lewis Coates Elementary School, which was locked down as police searched the area.
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