Author: Uriah Kiser

Friends mourned 16-year-old Ashley Intihar after she was fatally shot at Manassas First Friday, Virginia legislators presented $160,000 at the McCoart building for the September 11th National Memorial Trail, VDOT is closing I-95 ramps in Woodbridge nightly through Sept. 22, Woodbridge Supervisor Jeannie LaCroix returned to work after a Vermont bike crash, and a dry midweek precedes Thursday storms.

According to the Prince William Times, friends of Ashley Intihar, a 16-year-old Patriot High School student, gathered this week at a memorial near the Manassas train station where she was fatally shot Friday night during the city’s First Friday event. Police said Intihar was caught in the middle when two adults exchanged gunfire across the station parking lot about 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. Tasheem Douglas, 21, who was also injured, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder; Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen said investigators are still searching for a second shooter.

Three people died in a fiery I-66 Express Lanes crash in Fairfax; Prince William police responded to a believed self-inflicted shooting in Woodbridge; Stafford businesses are pressing supervisors to reject a BPOL tax; and inmate deaths in Virginia jails rose to a five-year high.

According to FOX 5 DC, three people died Sunday afternoon after a Honda Pilot struck a stopped truck carrying oxygen tanks in the right travel lane of the westbound Interstate 66 Express Lanes in Fairfax County. Virginia State Police said the collision occurred around 4:10 p.m., the Honda caught fire, and all three occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. A Toyota 4Runner was also involved in the events leading up to the crash.

Amtrak will cut most Virginia-to-Washington rail service in October for tunnel work, while Manassas closes a public lot tied to data center construction, lawmakers clash over license-plate cameras, and veterans ask a court to stop a proposed arch at Arlington National Cemetery.

Virginia Mercury reports that Amtrak will suspend most rail service between Virginia stations and Washington, D.C., from Oct. 16 through Oct. 26 to replace aging switches and crossovers at the A-interlocking in the First Street Tunnel. The existing equipment is beyond its service life and has forced a 10 mph speed restriction; passengers traveling to or from D.C. from the south should expect cancellations and route changes, with many trains ending at Alexandria and most trips to Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Hampton Roads handled by express buses.