West Springfield Police Investigating Firearm Brandishing in Burke

Criminal investigators are still looking into reports of a 49-year-old man pointing a gun at several people near the 6600 block of Bestwicke Court in Burke.

The incident took place Saturday, June 11, with officers from the West Springfield Police District responding around 8:13 p.m., Fairfax County Police said in a release.

Earlier, they said, there was a verbal confrontation on the street.

Once officers were at the scene, the victims had already left, the release said.

A 24-year-old man filed a report at the West Springfield Station about the incident on June 13. That led officers to a suspect’s residence, where they arrested him for brandishing the firearm.

A Fairfax County Adult Detention Center magistrate then determined there was not enough probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for him.

Officers de-arrested the man and drove him back to his home in Burke.