Two shot dead at Woodlake Towers in Falls Church. 3101 S Manchester St. @FairfaxCountyPD sz: “No threat to public safety. Detectives on scene.” @WTOP pic.twitter.com/iWvmENeE8I
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) December 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — A man and woman were shot dead in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday morning, according to authorities. Detectives believe it was a murder-suicide.
Fairfax County police said the two were discovered outside an apartment complex in the 3100 block of South Manchester Street around 11:30 a.m. and that it seems as though the man ran into the woman, 30-year-old Katherine Martell, with an SUV before shooting her and then himself.
The man has been identified as 30-year-old Christopher Brooks.
Brooks and Martell had a child together, police said in a new release Tuesday afternoon. The child was not at the scene when the incident occurred. Police also believe Martell lived in a building near the shooting.
Police initially said that two men had been shot.
Below is a map of the area where Brooks and Martell were found.
