Alleged shooter who injured 2 at youth football game in Manassas arrested
PHOTO: Prince William County Police
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - The alleged gunman who was identified in connection to the shooting that occurred at a youth football game Sunday morning at a middle school in Manassas has been arrested.
Authorities say 23-year-old Isaiah Malik Gordon turned himself in to police without incident on Wednesday. The Dumfries man, police say, faces two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, one count of possession of a firearm on school grounds, two counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and two counts of use of a firearm while on school grounds.
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Prince William County Police obtained arrest warrants for Gordon in early May. Attempts to locate him were previously unsuccessful.
Police said they responded around 10:15 a.m. to Benton Middle School at 7411 Hoadly Road. They said the two shooting victims are expected to survive.
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A witness says the shooting, which injured two men, happened just a few yards away from where kids as young as four were playing.
The incident stemmed from a verbal altercation between parties that were known to one another.