Posted on 06/19/2022 1:36:33 PM PDT by robowombat
Fairfax Co. police seek suspect after Tysons mall shooting Joshua Barlow June 19, 2022, 3:15 PM
Fairfax County police are seeking a D.C. man in connection with Saturday’s shooting at the Tysons Corner Center mall in Virginia.
A law enforcement source told WTOP on Sunday that 22-year-old Noah Settles, a District resident, is sought on charges of attempted malicious wounding, discharging a weapon into an occupied building and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed a man, believed to be Settles, brandishing a firearm within the mall around the time of the shooting.
Police allege Settles was involved with an altercation between two rival gangs and fired multiple rounds. He then fled the mall in a black Cadillac with D.C. plate number GK0174.
Police warned Settles is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is advised to call 911. Tips can also be submitted anonymously at 1-866-411-8477.
On Saturday afternoon, shoppers and employees at Tysons Corner Center fled the mall in a panic, or used shops to shelter in place after shots were fired and emergency alarms were sounded. Some of the initial panic was captured by users on Twitter:
Though no one was injured by the gunfire, at least three people were treated for other injuries that occurred while fleeing the mall, according to county police.
After suspects fled the scene, the mall remained under lockdown as law enforcement collected evidence, interviewed witnesses and made sure people who had sheltered inside the mall were able to leave safely.
Tysons Corner Center reopened to the public around 11 a.m. on Sunday.
“We’re always fortunate if there’s not an injury, when shots ring out inside of a shopping center here or anywhere else in America, and no one suffers a fatal or a nonfatal gunshot wound,” Fairfax County Chief Kevin Davis said. “What’s not a good thing, is that it happened.”
Davis said that, after recent shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, police training for these kind of events has increased
White guy, right? Right?
Ha Ha you very funny man.
Was it one of those white supremist suburban gangs again.
Impossible. No ordinary resident of DC can carry a firearm.
Hey coppers, your suspect is in SE DC. Trust me.
He had on a MAGA hat and a confederate flag tee shirt. Give up your guns.
Wow, he looks just like Denzel Washington.
Amazing work.
5.56mm
Well played!
Nice neck tat.
NOVA residents have no one to blame but themselves. They vote for people who allow this.
Doesn’t Fairfax county have a Soros state’s attorney? If so, the perps will get off even without a lawyer.
Yes, Fairfax does have a Soros backed commonwealth attorney. His name is Steven Descano.
yes they do!!!! they are not voting in their best interests or those of their families.
black Cadillac with D.C. plate number GK0174.Uhmm...Which black Cadillac?
Gang gun fights. The BIGGEST single element in American gun deaths and woundings not including suicides.
Eliminate the gangs, and we’d have as much shootings as Denmark or Australia...
Its all very chic until the crime reaches your nice Tysons Corner mall and suburb.
Why? Why are they searching for him? If arrested he will be given a low bail and released on “monitoring” and told to report to his probation officer when he has time to do so. After a hearing, the judge will sentence him to “time served” and he will be told not to do it again and all will be good.
Upon being released, he will go home, after stopping by his baby mamas house to pick up a little cash, then change clothes, and go out to commit more crimes. Rinse and repeat!
I’d take #3 and treat it like a new lover.
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