What we know about the suspect Steven Ha

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What we know about the suspect Steven Ha

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – A man is *****, and another is in custody following a

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, on Monday afternoon.

The victim, identified as 31-year-old Hyong Joon Choi, was shot inside the gym around 1:15 p.m., Fairfax County Police said.

Choi’s ****** marks the third ********* in a gym in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area since April.

Authorities quickly identified the suspect as 43-year-old Steve Ha of Chantilly.

Ha has been arrested and charged with second-degree *******. According to police, Ha fled the scene after the *********, and his arrest was announced around 9 p.m. Monday evening.

Although investigators described the incident as a targeted *******, they did not elaborate on the motive.

A customer at the gym, who recently moved to the area, expressed shock over the incident.

“I’m all about safety and being around, you know, safe areas, and honestly, this is like the safest area I’ve seen,” the customer said. “To have something like this happen at a gym, I feel for the victim and their family, and I’m shocked.”

Monday’s incident follows two other high-profile shootings at gyms in the DMV area.

In April,

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occurred following a dispute at a pickup basketball game, and in Alexandria, a *******-******** was reported involving two people who were known to each other.

In a statement sent to FOX 5, Gold’s Gym Metro D.C. CEO Matt Clifford said: “We are grateful to law enforcement for quickly apprehending the suspect and are holding the victim’s family in our thoughts during this difficult time. We have confirmed that both men were members who followed security procedures by scanning their membership barcodes upon entering the gym. This has been a shock to our team and gym community and we are continuing to process what happened.”

No attorney has been listed for Steve Ha, and attempts to reach his family members have not been successful.

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