Quraishi
One man is dead, and another is in jail, following what Fairfax County police are calling a “domestic-related fatal shooting.” In custody is Waisuddin Quraishi, charged with killing Mohammad Zekria.
Last Friday, March 29, at 8:37 p.m., officers responded to the 10400 block of Viera Lane, in the Fairfax Village Apartments in Fairfax, for a report of a possible domestic-related shooting.
According to police, while filing a domestic-dispute report with county police, “A woman indicated that her husband, Waisuddin Quraishi, 50, had [allegedly] shot someone. She stated that she and her family were directly threatened by her husband and that he may be in possession of a weapon.”
After receiving this report, officers began searching the area and found Mohammad Zekria, 37, of Fairfax, inside a vehicle in the 3300 block of Willow Crescent Drive – about .3 of a mile from Viera Lane. Police say he’d sustained “multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body [and] was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Detectives from the Police Department’s Major Crimes Bureau then responded to the scene and determined that Quraishi had allegedly shot Zekria. They say both men knew each other.
Hours later – early Saturday morning, March 30, around 2:22 a.m. – Virginia State Troopers located Quraishi walking alongside I-495 and Braddock Road. They apprehended him and took him to the county’s Adult Detention Center. There, Quraishi was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He’s being held without bond and has a July 10 court date.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips may also be submitted anonymously via Crime Solvers by phoning 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477).