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Northern Virginia man accused of shooting at fellow ride-share passenger

A Lorton, Virginia, man was arrested and charged Thursday after an incident in March that allegedly involved him shooting at a person he had just taken a ride-share with, Fairfax County police said.

Just after midnight on March 1, police said they responded to the 9200 block of Ashland Woods Lane in Lorton for a shooting.

The victim was not struck by the gunfire, but had allegedly been shot at multiple times by 32-year-old Yusef Roy after an argument.

Roy and the victim — who were unknown to each other — had just taken a ride-share together. They were picked up from different locations and dropped off near each other, .

Roy fled the scene after the shooting, police said, but was identified, arrested and charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony after an investigation.

He’s being held without bond.

Police said detectives executed a search warrant on Roy’s home and found several firearms.

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