February 1958
Events that took place in Fairfax County in February, 1958:
- February 6 – 52-year-old storekeeper Percy Simms is shot to death by 21-year-old Army cook Garvie Haven Hall during a botched robbery at his store in Lorton.[1][2] Hall and his accomplice, 28-year-old hospital corpsman Calvin W. Pruitt, flee the scene, leaving untouched the $300 in the store's cash register.[1]
- February 13 – 40-year-old guard Michael J. Hughes, Jr. is beaten and stabbed to death in the day room of Dormitory 13 at the Lorton Reformatory by Gumersindo P. Gomez and John F. Schoppel.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Store Keeper Shot to Death." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. Feb 07 1958. ProQuest. Web. 3 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Two GIs, Wife of One Indicted for Murder." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. May 13 1958. ProQuest. Web. 3 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "2 D.C. Convicts Charged with Killing Guard in Day Room at Reformatory." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. Feb 15 1958. ProQuest.Web. 6 Nov. 2016.
- ↑ "2 Get Life in Slaying at Lorton." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 1. Oct 04 1958. ProQuest. Web. 6 Nov. 2016.
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