3 wounded in shooting near Potomac Mills shopping mall

By Ciara Wells
May 21, 2025 | 7:42 PM

Three men were injured in a shooting behind a shopping center in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday afternoon, police say.

Prince William County police confirmed to WTOP that around 5:15 p.m., they got the report of a shooting in the 14200 block of Smoketown Road in Woodbridge near the Potomac Mills shopping center. When they arrived on the scene, they discovered three “males, initially believed to be adults,” with gunshot wounds.

Police did not share the extent of their injuries and said no suspect has been taken into custody.

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Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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