Manassas Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting on City Street

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Manassas police have arrested an 18-year-old city resident as the primary suspect in the shooting of a Manassas Park man on Tuesday night.

At 9:53 p.m., police responded to the intersection of McKenzie Circle and Stonewall Road for a report of shots fired, according to a police report. Upon arrival, they found the victim, who had been shot outside by an unknown suspect moments before.

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and received medical treatment, the police report said.

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In investigating the incident, police identified Paul David Thomas (in photo), 18, of 8522 Piney Point Court as the suspect, the police report said. At about 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, he was taken into custody without incident in a traffic stop in the area of Liberia Avenue and Stonewall Road, a few blocks from the site of the previous night’s shooting.

Thomas was charged with aggravated assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and discharging a firearm in public. He’s being held without bond at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center, and he has a pending court date of March 19.