Murder-suicide in Loudoun
Authorities say a Sterling man shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself early Tuesday.
Larry E. Perry, 64, killed his wife, 61-year-old Mercedes K. Perry, inside their home on the 800 block of South Birch Street, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. He then shot himself.
The couple was having financial problems and Mercedes Perry was suffering from a serious health condition, said Kraig Troxell, spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe those issues led to the shooting, he said.
Mercedes Perry’s mother was also in the home but wasn’t harmed, Troxell said.
Man admits to road rage shooting
A D.C. man pleaded guilty in a road rage shooting in the Third Street Tunnel.
According to prosecutors, about 3 a.m. Dec. 26, 2010, Albert Greer, 24, was a passenger in a car on Interstate 395 when another vehicle tried to merge onto the highway.
The driver of Greer’s car refused to allow the other car into the lane, and Greer began yelling at the four occupants of the other car. He then opened his window and shot multiple times at the other car. Police found eight bullet holes in the driver’s-side door.
The driver of the other vehicle was shot twice.
Police: Duo makes off with antlers worth $500k
Two Maryland men were arrested in the theft of two massive sets of elk antlers worth more than $500,000 from a National Rifle Association meeting in Pittsburgh.
Police said Gary Felts, 46, of Joppa, and Stephen Lee, 44, of Cumberland, hauled the antlers away Sunday while the owner was waiting to load them into a truck.
Police said the pair worked for a Beltsville company.
– Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
