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Man shot dead after fight at car wash in Woodbridge

A man is dead after being shot at a car wash in Woodbridge, Virginia, Saturday afternoon, police said.

A man is dead after being shot at a car wash in Woodbridge, Virginia, Saturday afternoon, police said.

Prince William County Police said Earl Duwan Miller, 54, was involved in a “verbal altercation” that escalated into a “physical altercation” shortly before 4 p.m. outside the Sonic Soft Car Wash on Richmond Highway.

Miller was shot in the “upper torso.” Police said 25-year-old Jermaine Antwoine Lewis of Springfield shot the man and Vinisha Lanisa Neville, 29, of Woodbridge “pulled out a firearm.” An exterior wall of the building was also struck by gunfire, police said.

Miller was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.

Lewis and Neville fled in their vehicle after the shooting and were arrested “a short time later” by Virginia State Police on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, Prince William County police said. They were both arrested

Lewis is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting from an occupied vehicle and is being held without bail. Neville is charged with use of a firearm, according to police.

Below is a map of the car wash location where the shooting occurred.

(Courtesy of Google Maps)

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