Crime & Safety

73-Year-Old Falls Church Man Dies After Shooting at ATM: Police

The man who killed Nelson Alexander Sr. at an ATM on Annandale Road is "Fairfax County's public enemy number one," police said Saturday.

Mark Hand,
Patch Staff
Posted Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 10:07 pm ET | Updated Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 10:46 pm ET



Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person who shot and killed Nelson Alexander Sr., 73, of Falls Church, who had stopped at an ATM on Annandale Road on his way to work. (Fairfax County Police Department)

FALLS CHURCH, VA — A 73-year-old man who was shot in the chest Wednesday morning at an ATM on Annandale Road in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County died Saturday at an area hospital, the police said.

Nelson Alexander Sr. of Falls Church was on his way to work when he stopped at an ATM in the 2900 block of Annandale Road at 5:20 a.m.

As he was standing in front of the ATM, Alexander was approached by a man wearing a mask and carrying a gun. The man was seen on surveillance footage threatening Alexander and making demands before shooting him, the police said.

Alexander was found at 6:14 a.m. Wednesday by a passing bicyclist. Once rescue personnel and police arrived on the scene, he was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

The police said that Alexander died at 12:51 p.m. on Saturday. In its announcement that Alexander had died, the FCPD said that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of Alexander's death.

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Based on surveillance footage of the shooting recovered from the bank, police described the suspect as a young Black man, with a slim build, who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark-colored pants, light-colored backpack, white shoes with black laces and a black face covering

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Residents with any information or surveillance footage that might be helpful can call the department's Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), by text by typing "FCCS" plus the tip to 847411, and by web.

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