Teen driver fatally shot, found mile away in shopping center
Teen dead in shooting near Harris Teeter
Police are investigating after a teen was shot and killed at a shopping center in Ashburn.
ASHBURN - A teen driver was fatally shot in the neck Saturday evening, according to police.
What we know:
The fatal shooting occurred on the 43000 block of Hillmont Terrace in Broadlands Saturday evening, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
The victim is a teen male, police say. He was found in a vehicle in the Harris Teeter parking lot at Southern Walk Plaza – just over a mile from where the shooting occurred – around 6:00 p.m.
Neighbors near Hillmont Terrace had reported a collision between what appeared to be the victim's vehicle and another car.
The incident was initially ruled a stabbing, but investigations later determined that the teen driver had been shot in the neck.
FOX 5 learned one shopper and another passerby tried to stop the victim's bleeding, but the teen's wounds were not survivable.
What's next:
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Department is expected to give a "significant update" Monday, according to FOX 5's Melanie Alnwick.
The Source: This story includes information from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and reporting from FOX 5's Melanie Alnwick.