WASHINGTON — After a verbal argument, a man, 19, stabbed and killed a woman in a park in Chantilly, Virginia, around 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
The woman, Tyonne D. Johns, 35, was a caterer for an event at the Ellanor C. Lawrence Park on Walney Road near Cabell’s Mill. She was transported to a local hospital where she later died.
The man, Kempton A. Bonds, 19, of Clifton, was a seasonal employee of the Fairfax County Park Authority, according to police. Bonds was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center where he was charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond.
Witnesses say that the two argued in front of a large group of people before the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the woman in her upper body.
According to the Fairfax County Park Authority, Bonds has been terminated pending the outcome of this investigation.
