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Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
TYNYU
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Date: November 03, 2018 09:06PM
Around 7 PM tonight, drove by the Aldi on Gallows and Rt 50 and the shopping center parking lot was closed off and about 10 police cars, a rescue squad and the crime scene pickup were there.
Assume someone was shot or stabbed, probably a robbery gone bad or some crazy domestic??
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
Maybe..........
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Date: November 03, 2018 09:21PM
Somebody tried to bag their stuff at the checkout instead of moving out of the way as soon as possible, which started a riot. It was so bad that people left their carts in the lot instead of getting their quarters back.
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
TYNYU
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Date: November 03, 2018 09:31PM
krayons Wrote:
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> Can you ^^^ do another drive by and report back?
I was going to drive back by, but it was very CLEAR something bad happened. There were cones blocking the entrance to the shopping center with a police car with lights on. No cars were being allowed into the parking lot.
Assume someone died or was badly injured and may die, so things were taped off and it looked like evidence techs were there.
I am guessing the police were there for 3+ hours before they would have left based on the number of assets on site. Major incident.
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
jibjab
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Date: November 03, 2018 09:33PM
Who the hell shops at Aldies? That place sells crap. Those stores are popping up everywhere thanks globalization. The produce taste like cardboard. I shopped there once. Once was enough. Oh, yea, they accept WIC - maybe that is part of the problem.
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
TYNYU
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Date: November 03, 2018 09:39PM
It's looking like it was the Starbucks near the Aldi had a bomb threat.
Makes sense that the rescue squad was parked with no lights in the parking lot all the way in front of the parking lot near Gallows and Rt 50, as far from the Starbucks as possible. There in case something happened.
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
Nothing Unusual About Cones
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Date: November 03, 2018 10:13PM
>There were cones blocking the entrance to the shopping center
There's a Metro down the road, smart Metro riders bring climbing ropes, flashlights, MRE's ,first aid kits, radios, and traffic cones coming and going to work
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
Aldi shopper
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Date: November 03, 2018 11:57PM
jibjab Wrote:
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> Who the hell shops at Aldies? That place sells
> crap. Those stores are popping up everywhere
> thanks globalization. The produce taste like
> cardboard. I shopped there once. Once was
> enough. Oh, yea, they accept WIC - maybe that is
> part of the problem.
Their produce is just fine a lot of it is even the same brand that's what you would find at Safeway or Giant. Of course it's much much cheaper too.
Rat detector Wrote:
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> Furman the squirrel left PamAm and ran down rt 50
> to Aldies and destroyed the joint.
Re: Aldi in Fairfax on Gallows Road - Heavy Police and Crime Scene Tape
Posted by:
Fear the Squirrel
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Date: November 05, 2018 06:50AM
I don’t think Furman would completely abandon the rich bounty he finds at PamAm. More likely he sends some of his squirrel compatriots there to do reconnaissance and find out if it would be worth raiding. Given the heavy police presence, the answer obviously was yes.