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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=322297&paper=72&cat=104
Fairfax County Police arrested a homeless man Saturday, Nov. 15 for the murder of Morton Fuchs, 43, of no fixed address.
According to a Fairfax County Police release, investigators were called to the 5400 block of Franconia Road in Springfield at approximately 7:02 p.m. Officers found Fuchs lying on the ground outside of a home dead with an apparent gunshot wound to his midsection. Detectives, patrol officers along with K9 and SWAT Team members scoured the area before eventually finding the suspect, James Becker, 51, hiding in a nearby shed.
"There wasn’t a large gap in time, several hours" between the time police discovered the body and when they found Becker, according to Fairfax County Police spokesperson Shelley Broderick.
The release goes on to say that investigators determined that Becker and Fuchs knew each other, and had received reports of an altercation between the two men just prior to the shooting. Broderick declined to elaborate on how investigators knew the men were acquaintances, how they discovered they had argued before the shooting, or whether the gun used in the murder had been found, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation.
"I don’t have any additional information to give out on that," said Broderick.
Becker was transported without incident to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on Judicial Drive in Fairfax. He has been charged with one count of murder and could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted.