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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The father of the gunman from the May 2006 shooting at the Sully District Police Station in Centreville pleaded guilty Tuesday to two gun charges. Brian Harold Kennedy, 50, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of an AK-47 assault rifle and to the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition by a user of marijuana, authorities said. In April, a federal grand jury indicted Kennedy on six counts of weapons charges and two counts of drug charges. In his plea announced Tuesday, Kennedy admitted using marijuana for...

FAIRFAX, Va. - A officer shot during the attack at the Sully District Police Station died early Wednesday. Michael Garbarino, 53, of Centreville, died at 2:45 a.m., an Inova Fairfax spokeswoman tells WTOP. Garbarino died surrounded by his family, spokeswoman Karen Ferguson says. Fellow officers and friends also were there, police say. "Our family has again suffered a tremendous loss," said Fairfax County Police Chief David M. Rohrer, in a news release. He is survived by his wife, two children and his parents. Funeral arrangements are pending. Having lived near his post at the Sully District Police Station, Garbarino was...