Update: Man Charged After Domestic Shooting in Reston

Fairfax County Police Fairfax County Police have charged Stephen Thompson, 29, with malicious wounding after he allegedly shot his wife in an argument at their Reston home early Thursday.

Police said that Thompson shot his 33-year-old wife and then himself. Both remain hospitalized. Thompson was served the warrant in the hospital, where he is in non-life threatening condition.

His wife, whom police did not identify, remains in life-threatening condition.

Police were called to the home in the 2300 block of Branleigh Park Court near Hunters Woods Village Center about 2:30 a.m.Thursday after someone called 911.

Both Thompson and his wife were found with gunshot wounds and were taken to a local hospital

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