Crime & Safety

Police: Mother's Day Shooting, Robbery on Fordson Court

Police charged Germarta Whitaker of Alexandria on Sunday.

Fairfax County police responded to a call of a shot person around 3:15 p.m. on Mother's Day in the 3000 block of Fordson Court, according to the recent daily activity report.

The FCPD Public Information Office said the suspect and victim know each other, but police are unsure of what was said or what the two were talking about prior to the incident. A police investigation led to the arrest of Germarta Whitaker, 25, of Alexandria. Whitaker was charged with use of a firearm, robbery and malicious wounding.

PIO said the person was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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