December 1997
Events that took place in Fairfax County in December, 1997:
- December 10 – 18-year-old James R. Merry is beaten with a baseball bat and mortally injured by 19-year-old Mario A. Bustillo outside the Popeye's Fried Chicken in the Springfield Plaza in Springfield. Merry dies of his injuries on the evening of December 16.[1]
- December 16 – Brayan P. Fuentes and Juanita L. Rodriguez are fatally shot by Rodriguez's ex-husband, 26-year-old Adolfo Erick Rodriguez, as they sit in a parked Nissan near Dartmouth and Radcliffe Drives in the Beacon Hill area of Alexandria. Juanita, who was shot three times, dies of her injuries on December 22.[2][3]
- December 19 – Fairfax Circuit Court Judge J. Howe Brown, Jr. overturns a county regulation barring handguns and other weapons from recreation centers and other government buildings.[4]
- December 22 – 50-year-old Oscar H. Doyle is killed when he runs his Jeep off the road in Lorton and is thrown from the vehicle.[5]
References
- ↑ "Man Dies of Injuries Received During Beating." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 18 1997. ProQuest. Web. 19 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ Melillo, Wendy. "Fairfax Shooting Kills Man, Leaves Woman Hospitalized." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Dec 18 1997. ProQuest. Web. 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ex-Husband Sought in Fairfax Homicides." The Washington Post: B05. Dec 24 1997.ProQuest. Web. 30 July 2016.
- ↑ Melillo, Wendy. "Fairfax County Weapon Ban Thrown Out." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 20 Dec. 1997. Web. 14 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Lorton Man, 50, Killed as Jeep Veers Off Road." The Washington Post: B.02. National Newspapers Core. Dec 23 1997. Web. 22 Dec. 2011.
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