Fairfax County, Virginia — On April 23, 2025, Fairfax County police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Jamal Wali for an expired inspection sticker. Body-worn camera footage shows officers approaching the vehicle and beginning a routine interaction, with no prior indication of a violent encounter. During the stop, Wali suddenly produced a handgun from inside the vehicle. Without warning, he pointed the firearm toward the officers and opened fire. The officers immediately sought cove

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office has stood watch over these grounds through nearly every season of history. This week’s winter storm reminds us that while the landscape changes, the mission does not. The vintage photos of the courthouse grounds covered with snow from decades past to the video of our Judicial Complex today, go on to show how deputies of the Sheriff’s office have protected the landmark through two centuries of Virginia winters. Who remembers the courthouse complex before the mo