Police make an arrest in Food Star shooting

Fairfax County police arrested a man for a shooting inside the Food Star grocery store on Route 7 in Bailey’s Crossroads. 

Harvey Coleman, 33, of Arlington was charged with two felonies. 

Coleman [FCPD]

Coleman called the police shortly before 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 20, saying he shot someone at the store in self-defense. Officers found an adult man inside the store with a gunshot wound to the upper body. 

The victim was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. He remains hospitalized but his condition was downgraded to non-life-threatening.

According to police detectives, both men were patrons inside the store, at 5521 Leesburg Pike. The victim had a brief interaction with Coleman, who then brandished a firearm. The victim took a fighting stance and Coleman shot him. No additional weapons were recovered from the scene. 

Following several interviews and the review of surveillance footage, detectives charged Coleman with malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was arrested Nov. 24 and held on a secure bond. Coleman was in lawful possession of the firearm.