December 1982
Events that took place in Fairfax County in December, 1982:
- December 29 – 41-year-old D.C. police officer Samuel A. Coombs is fatally injured by 32-year-old Cory F. McDaniel, III when McDaniel drunkenly crashes head-on into Coombs' car as he drives along Hooes Road in Springfield. Coombs is taken to Commonwealth Doctors Hospital, where he dies of his injuries on January 2, 1983.[1][2]
- December 31 – 28-year-old Albert Gardner kills himself at his home on Idylwood Road in Falls Church when he loses a drunken game of Russian roulette and shoots himself in the head.[3]
References
- ↑ Michnya, Rosa. "Drunk Driving Charged in Crash Fatal to Officer." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jan 03 1983. ProQuest. Web. 5 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ "Annandale Man Charged in Death of Police Officer." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jan 14 1983. ProQuest. Web. 5 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ "New Year's Eve Russian Roulette Proves Fatal." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jan 05 1983. ProQuest. Web. 5 Jan. 2017.
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