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32-year-old Gloria Alfreda McMillan intended to hit and kill 21-year-old Shelinda Arrington on Harrison Lane. McMillan is accused of leaving the scene of an accident where there is bodily harm or death. Police say McMillan turned herself in at about 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Investigators were led to McMillan after tracing a black 2006 Chevy TrailBlazer parked near Nationals Park in Southwest Washington to her.
As far as how police found the car, a Fairfax County Police spokesperson says authorities had a partial tag number from witnesses, which they used to search every possible combination. They then narrowed their search down to vehicles resembling the one seen by witnesses.
Records show this most recent arrest is not McMillan's first run-in with the law. As a six-time convicted felon, she has faced multiple charges of reckless driving, driving on a suspended license and assault and battery.
According to court records, McMillan's license was revoked until recently.Residents haunted by this heartbreaking crime are reacting with relief to news of an arrest.
"The way the world is going nowadays everybody is kind of doing what they want to do and think they can get away with whatever. So I'm glad she got caught," said Fairfax County resident Eugene Rickert.
What unfolded Friday just before noon in Hybla Valley remains hard to fathom.
A witness, who asked to remain anonymous, says Arrington was the one who originally cut off McMillan's SUV after pulling onto Harrison Lane. The witness says Arrington, a criminal justice major at Northern Virginia Community College, got out of her car, went onto the hood of McMillan's SUV, was somehow thrown off and then run over.
However, police say they have no information about any of that happening. All they know is that something happened while both were driving in the area to escalate the situation. Police also say that despite McMillan and Arrington living in apartment complexes right across the street from each other, there is no indication that the two women knew each other or had even met before the incident.
Sources say McMillan was not alone inside the Chevy TrailBlazer. An adult male and young child were inside McMillan's vehicle at the time of the alleged road rage encounter. "It's something that happens every day on the road...you kind of have to get over it," neighbor Sara Martindale said.McMillan is being held on no bond. She will appear in court June 20.
Tanya Moore of Alexandria, Va., wants driver who killed daughter Shelinda Arrington in Hybla Valley, Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) - "Crazy, ignorant, just stupid," said an eyewitness to Friday's bizarre traffic fatality thinks of the driver who hit and killed 21-year- old Shelinda Arrington, and then took off.
The young woman's mother, Tanya Moore, who recently had a stroke, is now grieving the loss of her only child. "She was my best friend, she was my world. And the person who did this is still out there," said Moore.
Fairfax County Police are trying to piece together what happened. They do know Arrington was run over and crushed to death on Harrison Lane May 4 at 11:30 a.m. But why she got out of her Buick in the middle of the busy two-lane road, is a mystery.
An eyewitness said he saw Arrington pull out of Robert E. Lee Place onto the busy two-lane Harrison Lane, right into traffic in front of a tan Lexus and a dark SUV that was behind the Lexus.
He says Arrington's Buick and the Lexus slammed on their brakes and wound up side by side in the wrong lanes. He said he then saw Arrington get out of her Buick. "When she got out of her car, she was running," like she was going to confront someone, he said.
The witness couldn't see where she was running to, but he says he saw the dark SUV drive on, and then he saw the woman fly in the air. The witness says she landed on the double yellow lines. By the time he got close to her, he said two other people were by her side.
"We just need them to come forward. My daughter's gone. She can't tell me what happened," said Moore.
Fairfax County Police are looking for a dark SUV, possibly a Chevrolet, with temporary tags. They are also asking for anyone who may have seen the incident to contact them at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or call 1-866-411-TIPS/8477.
32-year-old Gloria Alfreda McMillan intended to hit and kill 21-year-old Shelinda Arrington on Harrison Lane. McMillan is accused of leaving the scene of an accident where there is bodily harm or death. Police say McMillan turned herself in at about 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Investigators were led to McMillan after tracing a black 2006 Chevy TrailBlazer parked near Nationals Park in Southwest Washington to her.
As far as how police found the car, a Fairfax County Police spokesperson says authorities had a partial tag number from witnesses, which they used to search every possible combination. They then narrowed their search down to vehicles resembling the one seen by witnesses.
Records show this most recent arrest is not McMillan's first run-in with the law. As a six-time convicted felon, she has faced multiple charges of reckless driving, driving on a suspended license and assault and battery.
According to court records, McMillan's license was revoked until recently.Residents haunted by this heartbreaking crime are reacting with relief to news of an arrest.
"The way the world is going nowadays everybody is kind of doing what they want to do and think they can get away with whatever. So I'm glad she got caught," said Fairfax County resident Eugene Rickert.
What unfolded Friday just before noon in Hybla Valley remains hard to fathom.
A witness, who asked to remain anonymous, says Arrington was the one who originally cut off McMillan's SUV after pulling onto Harrison Lane. The witness says Arrington, a criminal justice major at Northern Virginia Community College, got out of her car, went onto the hood of McMillan's SUV, was somehow thrown off and then run over.
However, police say they have no information about any of that happening. All they know is that something happened while both were driving in the area to escalate the situation. Police also say that despite McMillan and Arrington living in apartment complexes right across the street from each other, there is no indication that the two women knew each other or had even met before the incident.
Sources say McMillan was not alone inside the Chevy TrailBlazer. An adult male and young child were inside McMillan's vehicle at the time of the alleged road rage encounter. "It's something that happens every day on the road...you kind of have to get over it," neighbor Sara Martindale said.McMillan is being held on no bond. She will appear in court June 20.
Tanya Moore of Alexandria, Va., wants driver who killed daughter Shelinda Arrington in Hybla Valley, Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) - "Crazy, ignorant, just stupid," said an eyewitness to Friday's bizarre traffic fatality thinks of the driver who hit and killed 21-year- old Shelinda Arrington, and then took off.
The young woman's mother, Tanya Moore, who recently had a stroke, is now grieving the loss of her only child. "She was my best friend, she was my world. And the person who did this is still out there," said Moore.
Fairfax County Police are trying to piece together what happened. They do know Arrington was run over and crushed to death on Harrison Lane May 4 at 11:30 a.m. But why she got out of her Buick in the middle of the busy two-lane road, is a mystery.
An eyewitness said he saw Arrington pull out of Robert E. Lee Place onto the busy two-lane Harrison Lane, right into traffic in front of a tan Lexus and a dark SUV that was behind the Lexus.He says Arrington's Buick and the Lexus slammed on their brakes and wound up side by side in the wrong lanes. He said he then saw Arrington get out of her Buick. "When she got out of her car, she was running," like she was going to confront someone, he said.
The witness couldn't see where she was running to, but he says he saw the dark SUV drive on, and then he saw the woman fly in the air. The witness says she landed on the double yellow lines. By the time he got close to her, he said two other people were by her side.
"We just need them to come forward. My daughter's gone. She can't tell me what happened," said Moore.
Fairfax County Police are looking for a dark SUV, possibly a Chevrolet, with temporary tags. They are also asking for anyone who may have seen the incident to contact them at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or call 1-866-411-TIPS/8477.
