Shooting at Fairfax Co. day care sends 2 women hospitalized
Two women were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a shooting at a day care center in Springfield, Virginia, according to Fairfax County police.
The suspect, who police said fled the scene and was on the run for several hours, was arrested later Wednesday evening.
The shooting happened around 2 p.m. on Bauer Drive near Burling Wood Drive, inside the West Springfield KinderCare, police said.
The two women injured in the shooting have “non-life threatening injuries,” according to the Fairfax County Police Department, which added the shooting stemmed from a domestic incident.
Police said all the kids at West Springfield KinderCare were safe.
Police initially said the suspected shooter fled the scene but he was arrested shortly before 6:30 p.m.
Below is a map of where the shooting happened:
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