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Metro Plans to Beef Up Security on Trains, Buses
After the shooting of a man on the Green Line this week as well as other recent incidents on its trains and stations, Metro announced Thursday that they plan to immediately beef up security, according to a news release from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
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The increased security includes adding more patrols onboard buses, trains and within Metrorail stations, WMATA said. >>> Read more.
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Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding the person who shot Babtunde Fadahunsi. He was found dead Tuesday afternoon in an apartment at 5597 Seminary Road in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County. >>> Read more.
Cold case detectives with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police continue to investigate the unsolved murder of a Fairfax County woman whose body was found along Route 50, 34-years-ago today, Feb. 25.
Veronica Hepworth was 20-years-old when her partially-clothed body was discovered by a passerby along a driveway in 1982. >>> Read more.
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