Man, woman killed in Prince William County shooting

Danger on the street. Blue flasher on the police car at night.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Chalabala)

A man shot and killed a woman before turning the gun on himself on Wednesday in Virginia’s Prince William County.

Police said in a news release that the shooting happened around 10 a.m. on the 4000 block of Marjon Court in Dumfries.

The woman was staying with family members when the man came into the home. The man and the woman got into an altercation and the man shot the woman, police said. He then shot himself. Both were pronounced dead on the scene. Neither person lives in the home.

Police have not yet released their names.

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Zeke Hartner

Zeke Hartner is a digital writer/editor who has been with WTOP since 2017. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University’s Political Science program and an avid news junkie.

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