Security Guard Charged In Shooting Of Teen At Key Bridge Marriott Site

ARLINGTON, VA — A security guard has been charged in the shooting of a teen who had entered the former Key Bridge Marriott site on Langston Boulevard late Sunday afternoon, according to the Arlington County Police Department.

The suspect, Ahmed Namnoom, 53, was working as a security guard in the 1400 block of Langston Boulevard where the former hotel is located when a group of teens entered the fenced-off property and were walking toward the vacant hotel shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday, police said.

Namnoom drove toward the group, got out of his vehicle and confronted the teens while holding a gun, police said. The security guard then fired his gun, striking one of the teens, according to police.

The teen who was shot was able to run from the scene to the 1800 block of N. Lynn Street, where he called police.

Police found the juvenile male in his teens on N. Lynn Street suffering from a gunshot wound and began providing aid. Medics took the teen to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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Namnoom, who lives in Laurel, Maryland, was charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility, police said.

In May, Arlington County officials condemned the former Key Bridge Marriott hotel in Rosslyn, evicting homeless people who had been staying at the abandoned hotel.

The Key Bridge Marriott, at 1401 Langston Blvd., was purchased in 2018 by KBLH LLC, a subsidiary of the owner Woodridge Capital Partners, and it ceased operating as a hotel in July 2021. The current property owner decided not to proceed with a residential building project at the site.

Prior to the county condemning the property, Arlington's police and fire departments had received several calls for service, including a call for medical attention, at the vacant hotel.