2 Pedestrians Struck in DUI Wreck, Creepy Clowns Cause Trouble, Racist Graffiti Suspects Identified: News Nearby

Patch has 32 sites in communities in Va. and D.C. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Man Dies After Shooting Wednesday in Alexandria: Police
• Drunk Driver Runs Over 2 Pedestrians in Clarendon: Police
• 5 Suspects Identified for Vandalism of Historic African American School

Creepy Clown Growls at Woman in Fredericksburg: Police
Given the recent, mostly bogus, accounts of numerous clown sightings around schools or in wooded areas, the latest crime report from Fredericksburg Police gives one room for pause. Creepy clown, indeed.

A little after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a woman reported that while in her vehicle in Fredericksburg, an unknown person wearing a clown mask with green hair reached inside her window, touched her shoulder and then growled at her.>>> Read more.

• More: 'Creepy Clowns' Reports Dubious: Manassas Police

Tracking Great White Sharks Aided by Firm in Manassas

A Manassas-based unmanned-aircraft technology company, Aurora Flight Sciences, is teaming up with an project tracking and tagging great white sharks.

Toward that end, Aurora is providing technology to assist Ocearch by having a drone operator on board the project ship to help find and track sharks in real-time. >>> Read more.

• Shots Fired in Herndon, Police Seek Suspects
• Mike Pence’s 'You Whipped Out That Mexican Thing Again' Inspires ThatMexicanThing.com
• Hurricane Matthew: Track Shift May Keep Mid-Atlantic Out of Harm's Way
• Popular Retailer Uniqlo Opening Date Announced for Tysons Location: Report

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• Man Exposes Himself at Pentagon City Mall: Police
• Teenager Shot by Masked Man in Dumfries: Police
• Two Face Charges After Car Reported Stolen in Annandale: Police

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