Crime & Safety

Shooting Outside Restaurant Injures Man In Manassas Area, Suspect Sought

Prince William County Police are seeking a suspect in a shooting with one injury outside a restaurant.

A restaurant parking lot shooting Sunday in the Manassas area injured one person.
A restaurant parking lot shooting Sunday in the Manassas area injured one person. (Mark Hand/Patch)

MANASSAS, VA — A shooting injured one person Sunday outside a restaurant in the Manassas area, according to Prince William County Police.

Around 2:08 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a shooting at El Patron Restaurant & Bar, 8059 Centreville Rd in Manassas. Police say a 31-year-old man was shot in the parking lot by an occupant in a white or light-colored SUV with dark-colored rims. The vehicle fled the area heading north on Centreville Road after the shooting.

The injured man was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound in the leg. The man was not cooperative with police on what led to the shooting.

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Anyone with information may contact the Prince William County Police Department tip line at 703-792-7000 or submit a tip to pwcva.gov/policetip.


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