January 1989
Events that took place in Fairfax County in January, 1989:
- January 20 – Taking advantage of a power failure, prisoners at the Lorton Reformatory set several fires at the prison. 26-year-old prisoner Andre Drake is fatally stabbed in the ensuing riot.[1][2]
- January 23 – An 8-year-old boy deliberately shoots his 6-year-old sister in the head with a .32 caliber revolver, mortally wounding her, in the bedroom of their grandmother's townhouse in Franconia.[3]
References
- ↑ Associated Press. "1 Killed During Fire at Lorton." Daily Press Jan 22 1989, p. B5. ProQuest. Web. 7 July 2018 .
- ↑ Horwitz, Sari, and John Ward Anderson. "D.C., Fairfax Accounts of Lorton Uprising Differ." The Washington Post (1974-Current file), Jan 22 1989, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. 7 July 2018.
- ↑ Baker, Peter, and Patricia Davis. "Va. Boy, 8, Fatally Shoots His Sister, 6." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jan 24 1989. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 18 Feb. 2013.
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