ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703.838.4636
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 10, 2006
4:30 P.M.
Alexandria Police Close a Suspicious Death Case with an Arrest
Last night, Alexandria police executed two separate search warrants; one in Fairfax County and the other in the City. Evidence gathered in these searches proved beneficial in the continuing investigation of a homicide which occurred two months ago.
At 2:56 a.m. on March 21, officers were called to the 300 block of South Whiting Street for the report of an injured man. Officers found the victim deceased inside a parked car. Mustafa Aburanat, a 41-year-old Annandale man, had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police conducted a canvass of the area to locate potential witnesses.
After two months of investigation, police questioned a suspect last night as a result of the search warrants that were executed. Christopher James Martin, a 20-year-old man of 2242 North Beauregard Street in the City, was charged with Homicide and is being held without bond at the Adult Detention Center.
Anyone further questions, please contact the Public Information Office at 703.838.4636.
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