73-Year-Old Falls Church Man Dies After ATM Shooting On Annandale Road: Police

FALLS CHURCH, VA — A 73-year-old man who was shot in the chest Wednesday morning at an ATM on Annandale Road in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County died Saturday at an area hospital, the police said.

Nelson Alexander Sr. of Falls Church was on his way to work when he stopped at an ATM at a Wells Fargo branch in the 2900 block of Annandale Road at 5:20 a.m.

As he was standing in front of the ATM, 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.

Alexander was found at 6:14 a.m. Wednesday by a passing bicyclist. Once rescue personnel and police arrived on the scene, he was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

The police said that Alexander died at 12:51 p.m. on Saturday. In its announcement that Alexander had died, the FCPD said that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of Alexander’s death.

"Frankly, this case has me and us mad because it didn’t have to happen," Fairfax County Police Maj. Ed O'Carroll said at a news conference Saturday afternoon at the scene of the shooting. "In the video that you saw and I saw, there’s no resistance at all, so that’s why this killer is Fairfax County's public enemy number one."

Based on surveillance footage of the shooting recovered from the bank, police described the suspect as a young Black man, with a slim build, who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark-colored pants, light-colored backpack, white shoes with black laces and a black face covering

"The young man who took Nelson’s life knows what he did, knows who he is and knows we’re looking for him," Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at the news conference. "I encourage that young man who undoubtedly knows what he did, knows that we need to get a hold of him, to turn himself in. Be a human, be a person, be a man, turn yourself in."

The police are asking for any residents with surveillance footage to review it from the overnight hours of Tuesday into the early morning of Wednesday. Detectives believe the suspect may have been involved in other crimes that night, the police department said.

Alexander's killing was the 19th murder in Fairfax County in 2021.

Residents with any information or surveillance footage that might be helpful can call the department’s Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text by typing “FCCS” plus the tip to 847411, and by web.

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