Crime & Safety

Police Charge Man After Shooting Gun in Home

Shoff barricaded himself in house in standoff with police.

A Reston man has been charged after a domestic incident turned into a standoff with police on

Mark Shoff, 47, of 2375 Generation Dr. in Reston, was charged with Discharging a Firearm into an Occupied Dwelling and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. 

The rest of the people in the home got out safely. Shoff was taken into custody about 5:30 p.m. Monday. He was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.  A search warrant was executed at the residence and a firearm, believed to have been used in this incident, was recovered, Fairfax County Police said.  

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