Reston Man Charged in Shooting
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/2013/101913reston.htm

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News Release:13/291/0082/(5)LHC
October 19, 2013

Man Charged in Reston Shooting

Reston Police District – A 17-year-old Reston boy is in the hospital in life-threatening condition after sustaining a gunshot wound on Friday, October 18.

Police were called to a home in the 2200 block of Marginella Drive at around 10:15 a.m. for a report of a person who had been shot. The injured person was flown to the hospital and police began their investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the injury.

Detectives identified the teen and are following up on numerous leads and pieces of information. Police are still determining all of the circumstances surrounding the incident and whether or not it was accidental or suspicious in nature.

Javier DeJesus Martinez, 26, of 2274 Marginella Drive an acquaintance of the victim, was charged with possession of firearm by an illegal alien.

The investigation is continuing and additional charges may be pending.


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Update: Reston Shooting
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/2013/102013update.htm

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Public Information Office
4100 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Va. 22030
703-246-2253. TTY 703-204-2264. Fax 703-246-4253
FCPD-PIO@fairfaxcounty.gov
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police
News Release:13/291/0082/(5)LHC
October 20, 2013


UPDATE

Reston Police District – The teen that sustained a gunshot wound on Friday, October 18 was pronounced dead early Sunday, October 20. Police identified the deceased as Juan Carlos Godoy, 17, of Cameron Crescent Drive, Reston.

There have been no additional charges placed at this time and the investigation is continuing.

Interesting, I wonder where he got that gun? Stolen?

Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime ? What a surprise . We should go ahead and give them amnesty and pay for their health care and educate them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low income housing is ruining Reston.

LauraC Wrote:
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> Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime ?
> What a surprise . We should go ahead and give them
> amnesty and pay for their health care and educate
> them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> income housing is ruining Reston.


Your comments makes me terribly sad, Laura. A teenage boy is dead; this seems like a time for compassion rather than such harsh judgement. People who live in Sec 8 housing aren't second class citizens or lesser than those of us who are fortunate enough to have greater means. The original vision for Reston was that of a highly diverse community that would meet the needs of people at all income levels. People who don't like that philosophy probably shouldn't choose to live here.

Marginella isn't Sec 8 housing, but nice small family homes. The police are investigating, and even say it may have been an accident. I'd reserve judgement until that is completed. I am glad an arrest was made. I am not for amnesty for illegal immigrants, yet legal immigrants have done lots to build this nation, and I feel it's unfair to them to grant amnesty and fail to seal the border, or enforce current immigration law. That has nothing whatever to do with this tragic shooting, whether criminal or accidental.

LauraC Wrote:
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> Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime ?
> What a surprise . We should go ahead and give them
> amnesty and pay for their health care and educate
> them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> income housing is ruining Reston.

Well said Laura. Illegal aliens should be shown the door.

COA Wrote:
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> LauraC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime
> ?
> > What a surprise . We should go ahead and give
> them
> > amnesty and pay for their health care and
> educate
> > them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> > lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> > income housing is ruining Reston.
>
>
> Your comments makes me terribly sad, Laura. A
> teenage boy is dead; this seems like a time for
> compassion rather than such harsh judgement.
> People who live in Sec 8 housing aren't second
> class citizens or lesser than those of us who are
> fortunate enough to have greater means. The
> original vision for Reston was that of a highly
> diverse community that would meet the needs of
> people at all income levels. People who don't like
> that philosophy probably shouldn't choose to live
> here.

COA could not agree with you more. It is not even clear if it was a crime and people are starting to talk non-sense. Just an fyi, the only people who are not illegal aliens in my opinion are the Native Americans , who we the white people practically exterminated. It only takes one moment in time for someone who was living well to go into section 8 housing. I am not there but a friend of mine is and she is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. I feel we have become such a non-progressive society since my childhood. It did not who you were or where you came from people from where I grew up would give you the shirt off their back, now of days people just don't care.

LauraC Wrote:
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> Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime ?
> What a surprise . We should go ahead and give them
> amnesty and pay for their health care and educate
> them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> income housing is ruining Reston.

Laura, I'll take your bet, because you would lose. Whatever you think about illegal immigrants is your own opinion, and you are welcome to it. However it should have been obvious to you after only a cursory search that Marginella Drive is NOT section 8 housing. When you speak with such base ignorance of easily discoverable facts, you reveal the lack of thought that underlies the rest of your argument.

LauraC Wrote:
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> Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime ?
> What a surprise . We should go ahead and give them
> amnesty and pay for their health care and educate
> them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> income housing is ruining Reston.

Section 8 is a government program that provides vouchers to low-income working people to cover a portion of their rent. Since Martinez was here illegally, I doubt he was receiving Section 8 assistance. That being said, I don't think it's unreasonable that a check of the house at 2274 Marginella Drive, which is owned by a woman named Nelly Fuentes, should be done to make sure it's not being operated as an illegal boarding house.

Radical right wing Tea Party types aren't interested in facts. They'll just make them up to suit their own political agenda as they see fit. About 90% of the people in this country support some degree of gun control legislation, but the Tea Party and their bizarre belief that the U.N. is going to take us over with black flying saucers, or whatever, along with the NRA managed to defeat such legislation. Let's just say for the sake of argument that this was an illegal alien. How did he manage to get a gun? What excuse can the Tea Party types come up with to address that?

In any case, it sounds like you should move to Clifton or Great Falls. Reston is mixed by design. Anybody moving here should know that, and embrace it.

The Analyst Wrote:
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> Radical right wing Tea Party types aren't
> interested in facts. They'll just make them up to
> suit their own political agenda as they see fit.
> About 90% of the people in this country support
> some degree of gun control legislation, but the
> Tea Party and their bizarre belief that the U.N.
> is going to take us over with black flying
> saucers, or whatever, along with the NRA managed
> to defeat such legislation. Let's just say for the
> sake of argument that this was an illegal alien.
> How did he manage to get a gun? What excuse can
> the Tea Party types come up with to address that?

First, Analyst, the article states that the man charged IS an illegal alien. So does today's Washington Post. Second, the efforts to change gun laws pretty much only address those who get guns legally. Do you really think gun laws will change possession of guns by those who possess them illegally? Third, Analyst, what kind of "analysis" supports making up stories about the Tea Party. "Their bizarre belief that the U.N. is going to take us over with black flying saucers". How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you make ridiculous statements like that? Do you think that gets you extra points with your "progressive" friends? Maybe it does....

g_cupec Wrote:
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> It is not even
> clear if it was a crime and people are starting to
> talk non-sense.

How is an illegal alien in possession of a firearm not a crime? Seems simple to prove.

Are you here illegally?- YES
Did you have the gun and shoot it?- YES

GUILTY

As far as the shooting being an accident, certainly possible. However, what is not an accident is the illegal alien having the gun in the first place.

Does one have to have U.S. citizenship to be eligible to purchase a firearm?
A buyer who is a lawful permanent resident alien the United States may purchase firearms in the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to the same identification and residency requirements as a citizen. Prohibitions apply, however, to "any alien in the United States in a non-immigrant status" with certain exceptions and a waiver process.

http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms.shtm

I am confused by your statement that we have a "higher" crime rate here. Higher than what? A site called neighborhoodscout.com gives maps and stats for crime in any neighborhood you enter. I tried a selection of DC metro area communities and got the following (100 is safest; 50 means safer than half the cities in the US; 0 is most dangerous): Great Falls (91); Ashburn (77); Vienna (68); Bethesda (59); Falls Church (51); Reston (50); Herndon (50); Arlington (46); Rockville (41); Fairfax (34); Sliver Spring (23); Washington DC (5). No surprise that Great Falls and Ashburn are safer than Reston, but we are by no means crime leaders in either our locale or the US as a whole.

One down, Thousands to go.

COA Wrote:
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> LauraC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious crime
> ?
> > What a surprise . We should go ahead and give
> them
> > amnesty and pay for their health care and
> educate
> > them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet he
> > lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ? Low
> > income housing is ruining Reston.
>
>
> Your comments makes me terribly sad, Laura. A
> teenage boy is dead; this seems like a time for
> compassion rather than such harsh judgement.
> People who live in Sec 8 housing aren't second
> class citizens or lesser than those of us who are
> fortunate enough to have greater means. The
> original vision for Reston was that of a highly
> diverse community that would meet the needs of
> people at all income levels. People who don't like
> that philosophy probably shouldn't choose to live
> here.

Hey, COA, how's that "original version of Reston" working for ya?

Anyone know who the 17-year-old student was and where they went to school?

Kathryn Wrote:
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> I am confused by your statement that we have a
> "higher" crime rate here. Higher than what? A site
> called neighborhoodscout.com gives maps and stats
> for crime in any neighborhood you enter. I tried a
> selection of DC metro area communities and got the
> following (100 is safest; 50 means safer than half
> the cities in the US; 0 is most dangerous): Great
> Falls (91); Ashburn (77); Vienna (68); Bethesda
> (59); Falls Church (51); Reston (50); Herndon
> (50); Arlington (46); Rockville (41); Fairfax
> (34); Sliver Spring (23); Washington DC (5). No
> surprise that Great Falls and Ashburn are safer
> than Reston, but we are by no means crime leaders
> in either our locale or the US as a whole.

I wonder what Reston's crime score was 15 years ago. And to think Reston's crime score is equal to Herndon's... that's a bit concerning.. I would have thought it would have been better. I've only lived here for two years, but in that short period of time, it seems to me like crime has gotten worse from what I have read on here. I mean we can't even take a walk on the great paths we have without thinking "hey.. I might get jumped".

Virginia Harlow Wrote:
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> Marginella isn't Sec 8 housing, but nice small
> family homes. The police are investigating, and
> even say it may have been an accident. I'd reserve
> judgement until that is completed. I am glad an
> arrest was made. I am not for amnesty for illegal
> immigrants, yet legal immigrants have done lots to
> build this nation, and I feel it's unfair to them
> to grant amnesty and fail to seal the border, or
> enforce current immigration law. That has nothing
> whatever to do with this tragic shooting, whether
> criminal or accidental.

Marginella, nice houses? Lol. All the guys I knew there were gangbangers, seriously. A neighborhood is what you make of it, and nicely BUILT houses or not, that specific area hasn't been nice since at least the 1970s. Btw, Reston was never meant to have so much Section 8 housing. Diverse? Yes, but not to the extremes I'm seeing now. We already have more than anywhere else in the county, with Reston/Herndon and Springfield/Mount Vernon being the projects stuffing points. Yeah, I've known some great people who lived in those apartments, I even helped a friend move into one, and I honestly prefer many of their residents over snobs, but it doesn't mean that you can stick your head into the sand regarding the crime rates which ALWAYS go up in areas where subsidized housing takes hold. Northpoint Village Center had the same problem after they placed the housing behind it (Which is very nice, but contains many subsidized residents): Again, some very cool people and friends of mine, but the crimes soared above their pre-apartment levels with regards to theft, robbery, drugs, and assault (It was the first time I witnessed a drug deal go down inside a business establishment, it was that brazen. Also, for the first time ever we had cars stolen in my neighborhood, and a police officer was socked in the face and dropped by a teen nearby). I've been familiar with locations before where this garbage is commonplace, and I've witnessed it ruin once great communities, so I'm certainly defensive with regards to Reston about making foolhardy decisions which I know will negatively impact the community at-large. For the record as well, and to reiterate, some of the best people I know have come from the projects, while the biggest scumbags have come from privileged upbringings, so this is a general, overall issue as opposed to one dealing with individual people. I don't look down upon people based upon where they come from, rather, I judge them based upon their character, and some areas simply have as well as attract a higher ratio of bad-to-good charactered people, that's all.

My sympathies go out to the parents of that child. Regardless of the circumstances, a horrible tragedy that a teen was shot and killed.

Crime Score? Wrote:
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> Kathryn Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I am confused by your statement that we have a
> > "higher" crime rate here. Higher than what? A
> site
> > called neighborhoodscout.com gives maps and
> stats
> > for crime in any neighborhood you enter. I tried
> a
> > selection of DC metro area communities and got
> the
> > following (100 is safest; 50 means safer than
> half
> > the cities in the US; 0 is most dangerous):
> Great
> > Falls (91); Ashburn (77); Vienna (68); Bethesda
> > (59); Falls Church (51); Reston (50); Herndon
> > (50); Arlington (46); Rockville (41); Fairfax
> > (34); Sliver Spring (23); Washington DC (5). No
> > surprise that Great Falls and Ashburn are safer
> > than Reston, but we are by no means crime
> leaders
> > in either our locale or the US as a whole.
>
> I wonder what Reston's crime score was 15 years
> ago. And to think Reston's crime score is equal to
> Herndon's... that's a bit concerning.. I would
> have thought it would have been better. I've only
> lived here for two years, but in that short period
> of time, it seems to me like crime has gotten
> worse from what I have read on here. I mean we
> can't even take a walk on the great paths we have
> without thinking "hey.. I might get jumped".

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/reports/ar2011.pdf Consider that Reston crime from 2010 to 2011 decreased by 4% overall. (Real facts btw, not an opinion) Crime is low enough in Reston to allow the Patch and other micro news to cover the incidents. Awareness helps to keep crime under control. If the community is aware of potential problems, so is law enforcement. We all work together to keep our community safe through communication. Please show some sympathy for this tragic loss of life. Inflammatory comments just show our ignorance and lack of compassion.

That's one way to get rid of the illegal scum that destroys the area.

"Please show some sympathy for this tragic loss of life"

Please show some awareness of causality, bunky.

Oh, and b4 you go posting links & making claims, you really should read them first:

Assault Offenses 661 680 2.9% +
Drug/Narcotic Offenses 258 299 15.9% +
Robbery 30 43 43% +
Weapon Law Violations 54 59 9.3% +

Yeah, extortion & blackmail rates are down 100% Yayyy! Look at how safe it is here!!

Not.

Please have some respect in this tragic situation. One of my daughter's best friends lives in that neighborhood. I do not appreciate your blanket characterization of this entire community, most of whom are hardworking families trying to make a good life for themselves.

Lolz Wrote:
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> COA Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LauraC Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Wow, an illegal alien committing a serious
> crime
> > ?
> > > What a surprise . We should go ahead and give
> > them
> > > amnesty and pay for their health care and
> > educate
> > > them with our tax dollars. Who wants to bet
> he
> > > lives in Sec 8 housing that we subsidize ?
> Low
> > > income housing is ruining Reston.
> >
> >
> > Your comments makes me terribly sad, Laura. A
> > teenage boy is dead; this seems like a time for
> > compassion rather than such harsh judgement.
> > People who live in Sec 8 housing aren't second
> > class citizens or lesser than those of us who
> are
> > fortunate enough to have greater means. The
> > original vision for Reston was that of a highly
> > diverse community that would meet the needs of
> > people at all income levels. People who don't
> like
> > that philosophy probably shouldn't choose to
> live
> > here.
>
> Hey, COA, how's that "original version of Reston"
> working for ya?

I can't speak for COA but I can speak for myself. We moved to Reston in 1987 in no small part because of its diversity. At the time, we had two children, ages 3 and 18mo. Two others were born in Reston Hospital. We could have afforded to live in a more exclusive area, but we wanted our children to grow up in a place where they interacted with a broad range of cultures and income levels. It has worked very well for us. We have three South Lakes graduates and one Thomas Jefferson graduate. All went to college; the older ones to good careers and/or graduate school (the youngest hasn't graduated yet). My South Lakes grads were well prepared relative to their peers (at Boston University, Virginia Tech and University of Pittsburgh -- strong schools, all of them). That's not to say they thought South Lakes was perfect -- what high school student thinks school is perfect, and what high school cannot be improved? They all feel grateful for the diversity -- it taught them to get along with and appreciate a broad range of cultures and perspectives. They believe this was a valuable experience and their lives are richer because of it. I much prefer my vibrant, diverse community to a homogeneous place filled with people just like me. Perhaps this is why I love teaching at George Mason University, one of the most diverse colleges in the USA.

How does this article about a kid being killed end up being political arguments in everyone's posts? You are all part of the problem.

The Analyst Wrote:
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> Radical right wing Tea Party types aren't
> interested in facts. They'll just make them up to
> suit their own political agenda as they see fit.
> About 90% of the people in this country support
> some degree of gun control legislation, but the
> Tea Party and their bizarre belief that the U.N.
> is going to take us over with black flying
> saucers, or whatever, along with the NRA managed
> to defeat such legislation. Let's just say for the
> sake of argument that this was an illegal alien.
> How did he manage to get a gun? What excuse can
> the Tea Party types come up with to address that?

Wow! You really are an intolerant, bigot libtard who just couldn't troll the threads fast enough to find one honest discussion and then spew your venom on people who might not be drinking the same Kool-Aid you are.

So here we go again folks, another libtard who can't put together an argument and resorting immediately to name calling.