Murder in Ballston

[Anonymous]

Video of his dad saying they don't know who it is.

Some cursory facebook searching led me to find that someone on his friends list who also attended the same high school and was a similar age passed away either earlier that same day or the day before, don't have any details. This guy has a criminal history for stealing a gun and accidentally shooting himself, wonder if related?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

Isn't it always drugs or sex?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

Isn't it always drugs or sex?

Or money

[Anonymous]

Seriously wtf happened here. No update or information and it’s been nearly a week. I live in this area and it’s beyond concerning no one is saying what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

WTF are you talking about? Gang activity in Ballston? Please site your sources.

[Anonymous]

I think you're all disgusting. A 24 year old kid dies, and before his body is even cold you have anonymous posters calling him a "frat boy" and speculating that he was either looking for drugs or sex and died from it. You have no respect or empathy. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

WTF are you talking about? Gang activity in Ballston? Please site your sources.

This topic is proof. Violence is increasing in Arlington. I wouldn’t want to live there if this keeps up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

WTF are you talking about? Gang activity in Ballston? Please site your sources.

This topic is proof. Violence is increasing in Arlington. I wouldn’t want to live there if this keeps up.

If this keeps up...hmmm, I believe the last one was about a year ago and was not random.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Do not tell people where you live. Are you stupid?

2. This guy was obviously stabbed to death. That is a personal way to kill someone.

3. That means the killer knew the person. So you are not in danger.

It was on the local news and there’s thousands of people living there - what are you afraid of?

Lol, that building is huge. My brother and law and one of my good friends both live there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Video of his dad saying they don't know who it is.

Some cursory facebook searching led me to find that someone on his friends list who also attended the same high school and was a similar age passed away either earlier that same day or the day before, don't have any details. This guy has a criminal history for stealing a gun and accidentally shooting himself, wonder if related?

How did you figure this out? Did you click on all of his friends? Seems weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Video of his dad saying they don't know who it is.

Some cursory facebook searching led me to find that someone on his friends list who also attended the same high school and was a similar age passed away either earlier that same day or the day before, don't have any details. This guy has a criminal history for stealing a gun and accidentally shooting himself, wonder if related?

How did you figure this out? Did you click on all of his friends? Seems weird.

Searched the original guy's name on FB, there were like 5 posts about his passing from friends/relatives. I clicked on one of these accounts and her most recent post was about a different friend passing away. I click on his name, and see his friends list and his former high school. Google this new guy's name and he has news articles about his criminal history. There were quite a few people posting about this 2nd person's death on FB on Friday morning, the same day the man was found in Ballston later in the day.

They are either directly related or just a crazy and terribly sad coincidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow even Ballston is turning ghetto now. My friend was going to move there but telling her not to live there. Arlington has to do something about these thugs.

Lot of gang activity in NOVA. Though the police are not attributing this to gangs, still likely a good idea to avoid the area. This seems more like it's going to be some bizarre sex-related activity. And I'm an armchair detective.

WTF are you talking about? Gang activity in Ballston? Please site your sources.

NP. Ballston featured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Do not tell people where you live. Are you stupid?

2. This guy was obviously stabbed to death. That is a personal way to kill someone.

3. That means the killer knew the person. So you are not in danger.

It was on the local news and there’s thousands of people living there - what are you afraid of?

Lol, that building is huge. My brother and law and one of my good friends both live there.

I lived there for four years and literally did not know any of my neighbors, not even by sight, and didn't make any friends in the building. (All my friends were from grad school so I didn't have any incentive to socialize with other tenants.)

[Anonymous]

From Fox 5:

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dispatch-audio-home-where-arlington-man-murdered-smelled-of-bleach

"Dispatch audio says there were four people in the apartment and at least initially no weapon was seen.

Police have not elaborated on how Ratigan received the upper body trauma, releasing little information about the crime, including information about possible suspects.

Police did say they do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the community."