A woman is dead after she was shot and dropped off at a hospital overnight Thursday in Fairfax County, Virginia, police say.
It was a tense moment at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital when a man drove up to the emergency room asking them to help a woman who had been shot at an unknown location, Fairfax County police said.
“Hospital now on code yellow. No one other than law enforcement is allowed,” a dispatcher said.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. Her identity was not immediately released.
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The driver stayed on the scene.
He drove the woman to the hospital in a red Jeep. Police towed the car away to examine it for evidence of the shooting.
Investigators are working to determine where the shooting occurred and who pulled the trigger. There is no word yet on any suspects or arrests.
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The 911 call center received reports late Wednesday night of a shooting in Annandale, but police were not immediately able to confirm if it's connected.
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