Darlin Ariel Diaz Flores, 19, of Annandale, was fatally shot on the evening of September 17, 2022, in the Woodlawn area of Fairfax County, Virginia. Diaz Flores had been with friends outside an apartment complex on Graves Street after returning from a social gathering in Maryland when a verbal exchange with a passerby escalated. The passerby, identified as 18-year-old Kevin Alexander Lemus of Alexandria, produced a firearm and shot Diaz Flores in the upper body. Emergency services were called around 9:30 p.m.; Diaz Flores was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that night.

Detectives identified and arrested Kevin Alexander Lemus on September 20, 2022. Authorities say the two did not know each other before the encounter and that Lemus had numerous prior contacts with law enforcement. Lemus was charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and was being held without bond. The firearm reportedly had not been recovered at the time of the arrest.

Did anyone in the Woodlawn community see the group that evening or have information about what led to the confrontation?