October 1974
Events that took place in Fairfax County in October, 1974:
- October 10 – 17-year-old Robert Jewell shoots 16-year-old Alan L. Shelor to death when Shelor foolishly brings a set of nunchucks to a gunfight.[1] Shelor, one of many of youths at Falls Church High School who often taunted Jewell for his complexion problems, had challenged Jewell to fight. When Jewell shows up, rather than risk a beating from the nunchucks Shelor is flaunting, he shoots Shelor once in the stomach with a .45 caliber pistol, then chases him through the yards of several more homes in the Falls Church neighborhood before finally shooting him two more times.[2]
- October 18 – 34-year-old Renee Lotito drowns in the Potomac River at Great Falls.[3] Lotito's body is recovered on October 27.[4]
- October 22 – Without public notice and following nine minutes of public discussion, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approves in a 1:00 a.m. vote setting up the Fairfax County Industrial Authority for the purpose of issuing $10.4 million in revenue bonds to finance the purchase of Commonwealth Doctors Hospital in the City of Fairfax.[5]
References
- ↑ Nunes, Donnell. "Youth Shot Dead in Fight." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Oct 11 1974. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2014.
- ↑ Grubisich, Thomas. "Youth Says Slaying was 'Irresistible Impulse' Result." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 01 1975. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Wife of Mondale Aide is Believed Drowned." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 19 1974. ProQuest. Web. 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Drowned Woman's Body Recovered from River." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Oct 28 1974. ProQuest. Web. 13 May 2014.
- ↑ Rosenfeld, Megan. "Fairfax Association Signs Doctors Hospital Lease." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jan 09 1976. ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2017.
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