A Reston man will go to trial next month for allegedly killing his roommate less than 24 hours after being released from the custody of the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.
Marvin Fernando Morales Ortez, 24, is charged with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony for the December 2025 shooting of 40-year-old Marvin Ernesto Morales. He has been scheduled for a four-day jury trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Dec. 7 before Judge Michael Devine.
The saga began on Sept. 14, 2025, when Ortez was arrested on charges of malicious wounding and brandishing for an incident that occurred two days earlier at his apartment in the 12000 block of Fan Shell Court in Reston…