The driver of an SUV involved in a deadly shooting by an off-duty Alexandria police officer outside a local restaurant was given community service and had his license suspended Monday.
Stephen J. Smith, 19, of Alexandria, was convicted of possession of marijuana and an additional alcohol-related charge stemming from the Feb. 25 incident.
Smith was part of a group accused of skipping out on a bill at an International House of Pancakes restaurant on Duke Street. Off-duty Alexandria police Officer Carl Stowe, who was working as a security guard at the IHOP, fired on the SUV, which he said was driving at him.
Springfield resident Aaron R. Brown, 18, a passenger in the vehicle, was killed.
Smith received 24 hours of community service and a six-month suspended license on the drug charge. He was also sentenced to serve 50 hours community service on the alcohol charge, according to District Court records.
» The shooting of Aaron R. Brown was the first fatal shooting involving an Alexandria police officer since April 2005, when two officers shot and killed a man who was holding his son hostage near Del Ray.
