Police and Fire News

Police blotter: Man accidentally shoots himself in Wegmans parking lot

A man taking his gun out of a hip holster shot himself in the leg while sitting in his car in the Wegmans parking lot on Sunday.

A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a car Tuesday morning near the intersection of Richmond Highway and Quander Road.

A large fire badly damaged a home in the Rose Hill area on Sunday afternoon, killing one dog and displacing four residents.

A man offering to help some Walmart shoppers with their groceries instead took off with their car -- and hit a car on the way out of

The police are trying to identify a man they say followed a teenage girl around in a store and then showed an explicit video to her.

Four men are facing charges after allegedly getting into a fight Wednesday night in the 8200 block of Richmond Highway

Another armed robbery was reported over the weekend, according to Monday's Fairfax County Police blotter.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they believe is responsible for a string of robberies targeting delivery drivers.

An armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in the Penn Daw area on Thursday was the latest in a spurt of robberies around the Route 1 corridor in the

A 19-year-old student at Bryant High School allegedly brought a firearm on school property on Friday, the police said Monday.