Fairfax County Police Release Video Of Men Sought After Killing Of 73-Year-Old Man

FALLS CHURCH, VA — The Fairfax County Police Department on Friday released new video of three suspects in a fatal shooting of a 73-year-old Falls Church man who had stopped at an ATM to withdraw some cash before heading to work.

Nelson Alexander Sr., who was shot in the chest at a Wells Fargo branch on Annandale Road in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County on Oct. 20, died last Saturday at an area hospital.

As he was standing in front of the ATM around 5:20 a.m., Alexander was approached by a man wearing a mask and carrying a gun. The man was seen on surveillance footage threatening Alexander and making demands before shooting him, the police said.

Also on Friday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced that it is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible for Alexander's death.

At a news conference Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said his department has received assistance from both the Alexandria City Police Department and D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department in its investigation into the fatal shooting.

The new video released by the FCPD shows three young men, including the man seen in the bank surveillance video, riding a Metrobus.

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Fairfax County detectives also have discovered that in the early morning hours of Oct. 20, prior to the fatal shooting, a 2009 Nissan Murano was stolen from the 5200 block of Dover Place in the City of Alexandria. Detectives believe the stolen Murano was seen on surveillance footage captured by the ATM camera shortly after the fatal shooting of Alexander, Fairfax County Police Maj. Ed O'Carroll said at the news conference.

A lookout for the Murano was broadcast through law enforcement channels until Fairfax County police officers found the vehicle unoccupied Sunday morning on Marshall Street, a few blocks west of the scene of the fatal shooting. Detectives determined the Murano was likely abandoned shortly after the shooting, the police said.

The FCPD's Cyber and Forensics Division is continuing to process the vehicle for forensic evidence, according to O'Carroll.

The discovery of the stolen vehicle led detectives to request the surveillance footage from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. A review of the surveillance footage revealed that three men, including the suspected shooter, boarded the Metrobus around 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 20 near the Seven Corners Shopping Center in the 6200 block of Arlington Boulevard. The men rode the bus until they reached their destination in Alexandria, near where the Murano was stolen, according to the police.

In the surveillance footage, an unmasked man can be seen drinking from a cup. Detectives are asking for help identifying where the cup may have been purchased. The police also are requesting that business owners in the Seven Corners Shopping Center area review their surveillance footage to help assist with identifying the men involved.

Tips on the identity of the three me can be submitted anonymously to the FCPD through Crime Solvers by phone at 866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text by typing “FCCS” plus the tip to 847411, and by web.