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MANASSAS, Va. A Virginia man went on a shooting rampage Wednesday, wounding three family members and killing two other people before taking his own life, according to police and reports.
Asa Mitchell, 21, opened fire inside the family’s home in Manassas shortly before 6 p.m., wounding his 76-year-old grandmother, his 56-year-old mother, and his 16-year-old brother, according to NBC Washington.
The suspect’s father, Eric Mark Mitchell, 55, was killed in the home, the station said.
Asa then jumped into a Toyota Camry and fled the scene, crashing about 35 miles away from the house in Delaplane.
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The shooting in the 10000 block of Ellis Road in the Signal Hill area of Prince William County was reported at about 6 p.m. Responding officers found Asa Mitchell s father, Eric Mitchell, dead in a house on the property. Asa Mitchell s 76-year-old grandmother; his 56-year-old mother, Constance; and 16-year-old brother were found with gunshot wounds in another home.
Asa Mitchell fled in a Toyota Camry to Fauquier County to Delaplane, about 35 miles northwest. The sheriff there said he crashed his car and “encountered a passing motorist.”
Shooter kills 3, including himself; Victims in Prince William, Fauquier counties
Updated at January 8, 2021 - Uriah Kiser
Three people two in Prince William County and a third in Fauquier County are dead following a mass shooting at home outside Manassas.
Detectives from both counties are jointly investigating the shooting, which initially began as a domestic-related incident at a home 10000 block of Ellis Road near Manassas, at 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6.
The investigation revealed that the man suspect shot four family members at home before fleeing in a family member’s car. When Prince William police officers arrived, they tended to the victims and then notified neighboring law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the suspect in the car.