Crime & Safety
Accused Reston Killer Still In Critical Condition: Police
The 17-year-old boy reportedly killed the parents of his girlfriend after they forbid him from seeing her over his neo-Nazi views.

RESTON, VA -- The Lorton teen accused of murdering his girlfriend's Reston parents who reportedly were concerned about his neo-Nazi views is still in critical condition, and he has not been served with charges yet, according to Fairfax County Police.
A police spokeswoman told Patch that the 17-year-old boy, who remains unidentified by police but has been identified by one report as Nicholas Giampa, is still in critical condition at the hospital under police guard.
Police have charged him as a juvenile with two counts of murder, but because of his condition he has not yet been served, according to the spokeswoman, who could not say if he would be charged as an adult.
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The boy is accused of shooting to death his 16-year-old girlfriend's parents, Scott Fricker and Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, on Dec. 22 after sneaking into his girlfriend's room early in the morning. He then turned the gun on himself, police say.
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The girlfriend's parents intervened in their relationship after discovering the boy's neo-Nazi views, according to reports, and eventually their daughter agreed not to see him anymore.
The boy also reportedly mowed a 40-foot swastika into a community field in Lorton earlier in the year. A Twitter account that was linked to him featured racist and bigoted views, particularly about Jews and transgendered people.
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