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       A man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in the Franconia area of Fairfax County, police said.

       Police said that at 1:47 p.m., Fairfax County police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 5300 block of Harbor Court Drive in Franconia, but did not find any victim or suspect while searching the scene. Witnesses told police they heard a gunshot and saw a suspect fleeing the area in a black Dodge Charger with a gun in hand.

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       At approximately 2:30 p.m., Prince William County police notified Fairfax County police that a black Dodge Charger had arrived at a hospital with a victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim, 23-year-old Bryant Anthony Gillis of Woodbridge, died at the hospital, police said.

       Detectives determined that a friend of Gillis drove him to the hospital. Police say the shooting does not appear to be random. They did not release any information about a potential suspect and say they are investigating.

       Attempts to locate Gillis’s relatives were not immediately successful.

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