ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two people are dead after a shooting on the 200 block of Century Drive in the West End neighborhood of Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria City Police say they received a call at 7:28 a.m. of a residential burglary on 100 block of Century Drive. At 7:30 a.m. they received a second call of shots fired on the 200 block of Century Drive.
Police officers found one of the deceased upon their arrival at the Assembly of Alexandria apartment complex. The other victim was taken to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead. Police later identified the victims as 48-year-old Adrian Dejesus Rivera Guzman and 24-year-old Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez. Police say they are innocent victims and not suspects connected to the residential burglary.
"What we are doing is doing a thorough investigation, so we bring justice to the victims," said Alexandria City Police spokesperson Marcel Bassett to WUSA9. "There happens to be about three different scenes, because this went over a kind of a few places and that's what we are trying to piece now."
One person of interest is in custody, and police identified the suspect as Francis Deonte Roses, 27, of no fixed address. According to police, there is no greater threat to the community.
Residents that asked to not be identified complained about recent burglaries. One tenant saying that vehicles have been found in the parking structure without any tires. Another resident saying the doors to the complex do not close and the garage doors to the parking areas remain open all day.
Police said Rose is currently held at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center without bond.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Detective Stephen Riley at (703) 746-6225.
These are the fifth and sixth homicides in Alexandria this year.
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