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Man charged after fatal Va. shooting

WASHINGTON — A Warrenton, Virginia, man was charged with murder on Sunday after a shooting on Turkey Run Road.

Richard Turner MacDonald, 64, has been charged with murder, according to a news release from Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to a shooting in Warrenton at around 5 a.m. Sunday and found a man dead inside a home in the 5400 block of Turkey Run Road. The victim has not been identified.

The sheriff’s office said the incident was isolated.

MacDonald is being held without bail in the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center.

The shooting is under active investigation. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has yet to determine the cause and manner of the victim’s death.

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