(VA) Alleged Burglar Shot in Face By Homeowner

[Drizzt]

An Arlington man was shot in the face over the weekend after allegedly attempting to burglarize a North Arlington home and being confronted by a gun-toting homeowner.

County police said Tuesday morning that 18-year-old David Jeovavy Valdivia Dominguez was arrested at Virginia Hospital Center, where he was seeking treatment for the wound. Police later transferred Dominguez to Inova Fairfax Hospital. After treatment, Dominguez was transported to the Arlington County Adult Detention Facility.

Police allege that Dominguez was in the process of burglarizing a home in the 6000 block of 26th Street North in the Leeway-Overly community about 5:30 a.m. Sunday when he was confronted by the homeowner.

When confronted, police said Dominguez ran from the family room into the room of the man’s teenage daughter. A struggle ensued, and the homeowner shot the intruder in the face.

According to police, Dominquez fled on foot.

While there is an ordinance that makes it illegal to discharge a firearm in Arlington County, Arlington County Police Det. Rick Rodriguez said that no charges have been filed against the homeowner, who was interviewed by detectives following the incident.

“It will be up to the investigator to determine if they will be,” Rodriguez said of charges. “You have to look at the circumstances in this case.”

Police officials say that because of the gruesome nature of Dominguez’s injury, a mug shot will not be released. They have confirmed that Dominguez lives in a house near the crime scene.

A neighbor told the Sun Gazette that a large number of people – perhaps as many as 15 – live in the small home where Dominguez lives.

Rodriguez said that detectives have visited the home and interviewed some of the residents.

http://www.sungazette.net/

 

[mtnbkr]

A neighbor told the Sun Gazette that a large number of people – perhaps as many as 15 – live in the small home where Dominguez lives.

Pretty common around here and easy to spot. Those are the homes that have a month's worth of garbage out front for each trash pickup day (twice a week in my area).

Chris

 

[Silver Bullet]

An Arlington man was shot in the face over the weekend after allegedly attempting to burglarize a North Arlington home and being confronted by a gun-toting homeowner.

How come it's not "was allegedly shot in the face" ?

 

[K-Romulus]

I used to live in Arlington

I know the area where this happened - one of the "better" parts of the county. For those who don't know the area, Arlington County is basically the most urban area of Northern VA (except for the City of Alexandria), is literally across the Potomac from DC, and actually used to be the VA portion of the District of Columbia until some time in the years before the War Between the States when VA bought it back. Some 200K people live in Arlington's 10 to 20-or-so square miles of space.

But anyway, the law they cite on discharging firearms has an express self-defense exemption.

 

[pauli]

How come it's not "was allegedly shot in the face" ?

there's a presumption of innocence, not a presumption of not having been shot in the face.

 

[odysseus]

While there is an ordinance that makes it illegal to discharge a firearm in Arlington County, Arlington County Police Det. Rick Rodriguez said that no charges have been filed against the homeowner, who was interviewed by detectives following the incident.

“It will be up to the investigator to determine if they will be,” Rodriguez said of charges. “You have to look at the circumstances in this case.”

This ordinance applying to this case seems a bit dumb.

 

[Standing Wolf]

A neighbor told the Sun Gazette that a large number of people – perhaps as many as 15 – live in the small home where Dominguez lives.
Rodriguez said that detectives have visited the home and interviewed some of the residents.

Just doing the jobs Americans don't want to do, right?