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Shooting, stabbing, abduction and carjacking: Suspect dies after violent crime spree

Dana Paul Roman was connected to six felonies, including abduction by force and carjacking.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Police say a man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a violent crime spree in Reston Sunday morning.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, 45-year-old Dana Paul Roman was connected to six felonies, including abduction by force, carjacking, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, malicious wounding, and assault.

Police say officers were called to a home in the 12000 block of Thunder Chase Drive for a shooting just before 2 a.m. on Sunday. When officers arrived, they found a person had been shot inside the home. The victim was taken to an area hospital and is expected to survive. 

"Several minutes later, we received another call from a second victim who was up the street who had been abducted and she was injured herself," said Fairfax County Police Major Jeff Reiff.

FCPD says she was found with a stab wound to her arm and trauma to her face in a nearby parking lot. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive her injuries.

But, it didn't end there.

"The suspect who had fled the scene on foot prior to the police arrival had carjacked an individual in our county and drove back to Henrico County," said Major Reiff.

Police say the entire ordeal began in Henrico County Saturday night.

Henrico County Police say they were called to the 6500 block of Van Ness Place in Henrico County around 5 p.m. on Saturday.

They say Roman assaulted and abducted a woman before forcing her to drive with him to a home on Thunder Chase Drive in Reston. 

When Roman and the victim arrived at the home, Roman reportedly got out of the car and began shooting, hitting the other victim multiple times before running away. 

Officers searched the area for Roman but did not find him. 

Cops say a third victim was carjacked near Sunrise Valley Drive and Fairfax County Parkway not far from where the shooting occurred.

On Monday, around 3 a.m., Henrico County Police say Roman was located in their county and a pursuit was initiated. They say he fled on foot and the pursuit was terminated.

About six hours later, just before 9 a.m., police the vehicle he was in near Laburnum Avenue and Interstate 64. Investigators say they began another pursuit that took them in the City of Richmond, before he crashed near Glenwood Avenue and ran off.

HCPD says they located Roman, who was armed with a gun, in the area of N. 35th Street and E. Marshall Street, where he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Richmond County Police are handling the death investigation.

Investigators say the carjacking victim was not hurt, and was a random victim in all of this. Police say the assault and shooting were not random acts of violence. 

"It was a targeted incident. They were known to each other in some way and it's just piecing together how they were known," said Major Reiff.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), and by web

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