What started as a verbal altercation outside of a Prince William County car wash turned deadly when a Springfield man took out a gun and shot his victim, who later died at the hospital, police say.
Jermaine Antwoine Lewis, 25, is facing murder and other charges in connection to the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old man outside of the Sonic Soft Car Wash on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, shortly before 4 p.m. on Sept. 14, officers were called to the car wash in the 14100 block of Richmond Highway in Woodbridge to investigate a shooting.
Investigators say that the two were first exchanging barbs verbally before a second physical exchange took place, at which point Lewis took out a gun and shot his victim in the upper body, A second woman, Woodbridge resident Vinisha Lanisa Neville, 25, also brandished a firearm during the incident before the two fled the area.
Lewis and Neville were located on I-95 in Fairfax County by Virginia State Police, and they were taken into custody. The 54-year-old man who was shot was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries.