Update: Suspect in Custody Following Fatal Stabbings

Update at 11:25 a.m. EDT.

One suspect in connection with the fatal stabbings that occurred at the Greenbrier Shopping Center early Sunday morning is now being held in custody, according to a press release from the Fredericksburg Police Department.

The suspect is a 15-year-old Spotsylvania County resident who is being held at the Rappahannock Juvenille Detention Center. The suspect is reportedly under detention orders and is facing two counts of first-degree murder, authorities said Monday.

More details surrounding the case were also included in the press release. Per the release, the victims were a group of adults who were heading for a meal at Cook Out Restaurant after enjoying an evening out at Jay’s Lounge in the same shopping center.

The suspects were a group of teenagers headed to Cook Out for a meal after attending a graduation party. The two groups reportedly had no prior affiliation, and the incident occurred when an argument escalated into assault. The group of victims was unarmed and suffered stab wounds in the chest, back and torso.

It has already been reported that two of the victims — Anthony Jermaine Carter, 28, of Albany, GA, and Mac Oliver Hughes, 30, of Portsmouth, VA — died at Mary Washington Hospital on Sunday, while a third victim remains hospitalized.

That victim’s identity has still yet to be revealed, but it was noted in the press release that the victim is a 30-year-old Stafford resident.

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The third victim in a fatal stabbing in Fredericksburg over the weekend remains alive but unidentified in Mary Washington Hospital just one day removed from the altercation.

The stabbings took place in the parking lot located between Jay’s Lounge and The Cookout in the Greenbrier Shopping Center in the 2000 block of Plank Road early Sunday morning, and fatalities have since been announced.

Those fatalities were identified as Anthony Carter, 29, of Albany, Ga., and Mac Hughes, 30, of Hampton.

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Police have yet to make an arrest related to this case. Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Fredericksburg Police Department at 540-373-3122.

This is not the first dangerous, late-night incident to take place in this particular shopping center. In January 2014, a shooting occurred outside Jay’s Lounge, resulting in the hospitalization of one victim who suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his leg.

Local residents have now begun to take notice of this potentially dangerous area in town, and many have already begun to vocalize their frustrations surrounding the troubled area.

“I never hear anything good about that place,” commented Facebook follower Melissa Britton.

“I love that we now have a Cookout restraunt but the few times that we have been the parking lot has been trashed. Why would people do that to there own community,” commented fellow frustrated Facebook follower Kristin Phillips Rose. “Would they want someone to throw trash in their yard every time they drive by? People don’t have enough respect for themselves nowadays so why would they respect someone else’s property. Makes me sick.”