Crime & Safety

Three Teens Arrested In Fatal Manassas Shooting: Police

Three teenagers were arrested over the weekend for their roles in the shooting death last Thursday of Reynaldo Eliazar Araujo in Manassas.

MANASSAS, VA—Three teenagers were arrested over the weekend for their roles in the shooting death last Thursday of Reynaldo Eliazar Araujo, 24, of Manassas, according to Manassas City Police. All were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and held without bond.

Those arrested: Terrance Tyrese Martin, 18, of Manassas; Ebelin Jojana Lopez, 19, of Manassas; and Seni Jiminez Blanco, 19, of Manassas Park.

Early last Thursday morning, police arrived at the 10000 block of Massie Street for a reported shooting and found apparent bullet holes in the front door of a residence. When they went inside, they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound. Araujo was pronounced dead at the scene.

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