HERNDON, Va. — A 37-year-old Virginia man has died following an argument with his best friend in an apartment parking garage.
Just after 11 p.m. Thursday, Fairfax County Police officers responded to the top floor of a parking garage at the Ovation at Arrowbrook apartment complex on Landers Street in Herndon. Once on scene, police found a man with gunshot wounds. They gave him first aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old Major Stokes. He is accused of shooting and killing his friend Robert Fisher during an argument.
Fisher's mother, Theresa Fisher, told WUSA9 that the two men had been best friends for years. She said through tears that she had no idea what kind of argument between the two could possibly have led to murder.
Investigators say Fisher's 16-year-old daughter heard the gunshots and called 911. A dispatcher told responding officers that the teen was watching her father "bleed out" and was afraid to go near him.
Stokes called police minutes after the shooting, and according to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis, "made admissions" about what he'd done. Officers were able to figure out where he was and arrested him on charges of second-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony.
Theresa Fisher said her son has a 17-year-old son in addition to the 16-year-old daughter who called 911. She said everyone in their family is shaken over his death.