Crime & Safety
Manassas Man Accused of Accidentally Shooting Friend
Police said the victim and the suspect were in a restaurant in Chantilly when the 22-year-old victim was accidentally shot.
A Manassas man was arrested on Saturday for accidentally shooting a friend while reloading his gun, Fairfax County Police said Monday.
Christopher E. Bohn, 36, is charged with willfully discharging firearms in a public place. Police said he was at a restaurant with the 22-year-old victim and her friends when he reloaded his gun.
While doing so he accidentally fired it, striking the victim near her ankle.
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Officers responded to 14441 Brookfield Tower Drive in Chantilly around 5:30 p.m. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
No one else was injured.
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