Two men on opposite ends of the age spectrum pleaded guilty yesterday (Monday) to manslaughter for separate fatal shootings, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced this morning.
Herndon resident Ismael Cruz Delcid, now 20, was arrested in March 2024 and charged with second-degree murder after shooting 14-year-old Michai Malave outside the Sonesta Extended Stay Suites in the McNair area south of Herndon.
Around mid-afternoon on March 20, Cruz Delcid, who was 18 at the time, was sitting in his car in the hotel’s parking lot on Coppermine Road when he saw Michai — a Westfield High School student identified by prosecutors only as MM — and another teen acquaintance and gestured for them to walk over…