Fairfax County Police

A man shot his wife at a Fairfax County, Virginia, park before killing himself, police said. A passerby found the unconscious couple Wednesday along a trail around Stratton Woods Park in Reston. They had gunshot wounds to the upper body, Fairfax County police said. Patricia Garverick, 69, and Richard Garverick, 75, of Herndon, were pronounced dead on the scene after…

A wild police pursuit along major roads and highways in the Tysons area Thursday afternoon led to the arrest of two people, and the shocking discovery that they had a baby in the car. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The officer said after the shooting that he told the suspect, “Let me see your hands.” But he cannot be heard giving that command in body camera video. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A Fairfax County officer who police say fatally shot a suspected shoplifter near Tysons Corner Center has been fired from the police department, and newly released body camera video shows he did not identify a threat or weapon on the suspect before firing his weapon. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A Fairfax County officer who police say fatally shot a suspected shoplifter near Tysons Corner Center has been fired from the police department, and newly released body camera video shows he did not identify a threat or weapon on the suspect before firing his weapon.

The family of an unarmed man shot and killed by Fairfax County police is demanding charges against the officers who killed him. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

The family of Timothy Johnson, the man shot by Fairfax County Police near Tyson’s Corner Center in February, says body cam video shows he was unarmed and posed no threat when two officers opened fire.

The family of the man who was shot and killed says body cam video shows he was unarmed, and posed no threat when police officers opened fire. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

The Fairfax County Police Department celebrated the grand opening of its new Aviation Center Wednesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A computer technology that can match the unique marks a gun makes on cartridge casings is helping detectives in Fairfax County, Virginia, to track down people suspected of violent crimes more quickly. Detectives took News4 into their crime lab to demonstrate how they used a gun found at the scene of a shooting to look for a lead in the…

New technology is helping Fairfax County detectives solve violent crimes. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Family, friends and supporters of the man police shot and killed in the woods outside Tyson’s Corner Center last week gathered Friday in front of Fairfax County police headquarters, to call for justice. Timothy Johnson was suspected of shoplifting a pair of sunglasses. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A grieving mother is calling for an independent review after Fairfax County police officers fatally shot her son, who they suspected of shoplifting from Tysons Corner Center. Two officers working at the Northern Virginia mall confronted 37-year-old Timothy Johnson as he exited the mall Wednesday night after getting an alert about someone who stole a pair of designer sunglesses at…

A grieving mother is calling for an independent review after Fairfax County police officers fatally shot her son who they suspected of shoplifting from Tysons Corner Center. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A shoplifting suspect has died after police in northern Virginia shot him following a foot chase outside one of the region’s busiest shopping malls. The shooting occurred Wednesday night outside Tysons Corner Center in Fairfax County. Police Chief Kevin Davis said it’s not yet known whether the suspect was armed. Davis said two officers assigned to the mall were alerted...

Police chased a shoplifting suspect into the woods near the Bloomingdale’s store at Tysons Corner Center and fatally shot him, authorities said. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The “George to the Rescue” team surprises the deserving Conway family with a home renovation for their daughter, who is suffering from a rare form of muscular dystrophy.

Authorities say the man fatally shot was a suspected shoplifter. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the investigation.

With carjackings and car thefts on the rise throughout the area, Fairfax County police created a special unit earlier this year.

With carjackings and car thefts on the rise, Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder looks at how Fairfax County Police are tracking stolen cars.