In the early hours of February 2, 2024, the Prince William police responded to a shooting in the vicinity of Bronson Court and Brickwood Drive in Dale City.
The victim, identified as 23-year-old Egypt Zapporah Carter from Burlington, N.C., was found inside her vehicle with fatal gunshot wounds less than a mile from Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary School.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the incident occurred at approximately 2:07 a.m.
Emergency services pronounced Carter dead at the scene. Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting and are urging anyone with information to come forward by contacting the police at 703-792-6500 or submitting tips online at pwcva.gov/policetip.
An unharmed small mixed-breed dog was discovered inside the vehicle and was turned over to Animal Control Officers.
This event marks the fourth shooting death in Prince William County in 2024, with previous incidents occurring in Woodbridge and Triangle areas.
Akeem Rashaud Williams, 27, was fatally shot while walking down Route 1 on January 16. On January 15, the bodies of Brittnee Yvonne Posey, 30, and Nicholas Allen Smith Withrow, 42, were discovered in their Triangle home in an apparent murder-suicide.
Desire Alexandria Buggs, 24, succumbed to gunshot wounds at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center on January 6. Police have made in the January cases.
The start of 2024 follows a violent 2023, during which Prince William County reported 22 homicides, exceeding the previous year by three. This matched the 2016 record of 22 murders, a 10-year high at that time.
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