Two women were hospitalized after a man shot through the front door of a Virginia day care center on Wednesday, officials said.
Fairfax County Police announced late Wednesday afternoon that they arrested Julio Pascual Sejas, 41, after an hourslong manhunt in connection to the shooting at West Springfield KinderCare in Springfield, Virginia.
At a press conference, Fairfax County Deputy Chief of Police for Investigations Brooke Wright said they received a call about the shooting shortly after 2 p.m.
“I’m so relieved that kids were not harmed today,” Wright said.
Police said this was a domestic incident, and the roughly 70 children who were in the day care were not injured.
“The children were not within sight of this event,” Wright said. “It doesn’t appear that any of the kids have any indication that anything even happened here today. They were jovial. They were taken out side doors. They didn’t even see, or appear to see, the broken front door.”