Girlfriend charged in Fairfax City murder

A 31-year-old woman was arraigned Friday on a first-degree murder charge in Fairfax City’s first homicide since May 2006. The victim, a 50-year-old man, died Thursday at Inova Fairfax Hospital from a stab wound to his upper body, according to a Fairfax City police statement. Officers responded to an apartment at 10702 Warwick Avenue about 5 p.m. for a reported stabbing and arrested the victim’s girlfriend, Fawn C. Scott. The victim’s identity is being withheld until family is notified, Officer Lynn Coulter said. Scott faces a hearing Dec. 5.

– Maria Hegstad