Woman, 63, charged with murder

Published August 16, 2009 4:00am ET



A 63-year-old woman has been accused of shooting to death a 34-year-old man in her Centreville apartment.

According to Fairfax County police, Maria De Las Mercedes Tizon was arguing with the man in her apartment on the 14000 block of Climbing Rose Way on Saturday night. When the argument escalated, police say Tizon shot the man in the upper body. He was taken to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital and pronounced dead.

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