In the pre-dawn hours of August 28, 2024, a dispute in a Sterling, Virginia parking lot turned deadly. Deputies responded about 4:30 a.m. to reports of a fight in the 21000 block of Ridgetop Circle and found 22-year-old Diego Alexander Woollett of Arlington and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Mijal Conejero-Romera of Sterling, suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Woollett was born in Colombia and came to the United States at 14. He graduated from Washington-Liberty High School in 2022, worked as an Amazon driver, and had planned to start college in the fall. Investigators reviewed more than 950 hours of video and described the shooting as a targeted incident arising from an argument with a group known to the couple. A breakthrough came on October 23, 2024, when 18-year-old Marlyn Medrano-Ortiz of Alexandria was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; authorities said more charges are likely.

If anyone knew Woollett, Conejero-Romera, or saw activity in the Huntington Square parking area that morning, please come forward with information.