WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Sept. 10.
A 52-year-old Virginia woman who police say was shot by her husband in September has died of her injuries.
After shooting his wife, Mercedes Alcira Moore, Prince William County Police say Darin Carlyle Moore fatally shot himself. The couple leaves behind an 8-year-old son.
On Sept. 10, PWC Police said they responded to a call for a domestic dispute on the 14700 block of Darbydale Avenue in Woodbridge at 2:23 a.m. When they arrived, they said they found Darin and Mercedes Moore suffering from gunshot wounds. Darin Moore was pronounced dead on scene.
Mercedes Moore was taken to the hospital in critical condition. She died on Oct. 28, and her death was ruled a homicide.
Police said the couple's 8-year-old son was at home in another room at the time of the shooting. They said he is physically okay and with a family member.
They said the couple also has another child in their teens who was not home at the time.
Gregory Bowles said he was outside of his girlfriend's home a few houses down when he heard the shots.
“All of a sudden, I heard [what] sounded like a small-caliber gun –all I heard was one shot at the time, and like 15 minutes later… I saw blue lights up the road and it blocked off," Bowles said. "And I seen it was like 15-20 cops come by the car…One just pushed me back in the car and told me to stay where the bleep I was at and don't move. They had shields, assault rifles, shotguns, pistols all drawed.”
Bowles said he had heard the couple fighting earlier in the night.
Isabel Molina has lived across the street from the couple for four years and was shocked to hear what happened this morning.
“The truth is I’m very afraid, very sad, because they seemed, from what I saw a stable couple," Molina said in Spanish. "They were always playing outside with their son.”
Molina said the shots woke her up and she saw police surround the home and had been worried what happened.
She said her grandson goes to school with their son.
“They’re both really good people, very good," she said. "Very good neighbors.”