Falls Church Man Charged With Murder In Centreville Shooting

CENTREVILLE, VA — Fairfax County police arrested and charged a Falls Church man Friday in connection with a fatal shooting on Feb. 21 in Centreville, police said Monday.

Richard Kenneth Pearson IV, 31, who was at a Centreville home when Amaru Amin Shabazz, 37, of Leesburg was fatally shot, was charged with second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to police. He is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.

Fairfax County detectives are still investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting. But they determined Pearson shot Shabazz multiple times inside the home then left prior to police officers arriving, police said.

Shabazz was visiting someone who lives at the Centreville home.

Police responded around 9:58 p.m. on Feb. 21 for the report of a man being shot at a home in the 14800 block of Bodley Square in Centreville. Officers found Shabazz inside the house suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units responded to the scene, but medics declared Shabazz as deceased.

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In the days after the shooting, police determined Shabazz got into an argument that led to the fatal shooting. Police found multiple guns at the scene of the shooting, and detectives determined that numerous rounds had been fired inside the home. A witness told police they saw a man running from the home after the gunshots were fired.

Last Wednesday, following numerous interviews and review of evidence collected from the scene, detectives obtained a warrant for Pearson’s arrest, police said. On Friday, detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Fugitive Track and Apprehension Squad arrested Pearson.

Detectives are asking anyone who may have information about the shooting to contact them at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text – Type “FCCS” plus tip to 847411, and by web. Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards of $100 to $1,000.