June 1996
Events that took place in Fairfax County in June, 1996:
- June 2 – 26-year-old Douglas Walls fatally shoots his stepbrother, 19-year-old David W. Fuller, and stepfather, 51-year-old James P. Fuller, in his family's Fairfax City home.[1][2]
- June 3 – 23-year-old Shirley N. Davis fatally shoots 32-year-old James R. Perrin in her Alexandria apartment. Perrin is taken to the Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he dies several hours later.[3]
- June 8 – 23-year-old Jonathan Sorah shoots his 25-year-old brother Joseph in the head, mortally wounding him, to settle an argument at the family home at 2304 High Drive in Vienna.[4] Joseph is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies the following evening.[4]
- June 10 – Mobil Corporation announces its plans to sell Mobil Land Development Corporation to Westbrook Partners, a New York-based real estate investment company.[5]
- June 15 – The 170-year-old Oak Grove house in Springfield is demolished.[6]
- June 24 – A tornado, later estimated to be rated an F2 at its strongest, touches down in Loudoun County and passes through Centreville, Fairfax and Annandale before finally dissipating. Six homes in Centreville are destroyed.[7]
References
- ↑ Fountain, John W. "Fairfax City Man Charged in Two Slayings; Stepfather, Stepbrother Shot to Death; Neighbor Says the Family often Argued Loudly." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext)Jun 04 1996. ProQuest. Web. 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "CRIME AND JUSTICE: Fairfax Jury Gives Man 2 Life Terms in Slayings." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Feb 14 1997. ProQuest. Web. 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "CRIME AND JUSTICE: Woman Held in Va. Slaying." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jun 04 1996. ProQuest. Web. 30 July 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "AROUND THE REGION: Fatal Shooting in Fairfax." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Jun 10 1996. ProQuest. Web. 11 May 2014.
- ↑ "MOBIL SELLS LAND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS TO WESTBROOK" The Free Library 10 June 1996. 12 May 2014.
- ↑ Hiller, Jack Lewis. "Oak Grove: The House That John H. Broders Built." Yearbook: The Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia. Vol. 26. Fairfax: Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia, 1997. 33-53. Print.
- ↑ "Virginia Tornado Listing by County: Fairfax." National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Baltimore/Washington. National Weather Service, 25 June 2011. Web. 12 May 2014.
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