Police say a man drove up to the emergency room at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Lorton, Virginia asking them to help his girlfriend who had an upper body wound. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The victim was identified as 38-year-old Alison “Kate” Laporta. Laporta leaves behind two children.
Police arrested the boyfriend, 47-year-old Huy Tien Nguyen, who never left the hospital. He is charged with second-degree murder and being held without bond.
Nguyen initially told officers the shooting happened in a parking lot but after investigating, detectives discovered that Nguyen shot LaPorta inside of the vehicle but it’s unclear where exactly they were when the shooting happened.
Police said they recovered a gun near his Lorton home.
LaPorta’s sister shared a text message exchange between them last night about an hour before she was brought to the hospital.
In the text messages, LaPorta expressed to her sister that she was scared.
“He already shot by my head several times,” she wrote to her sister at 10:21 p.m.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call FCPD’s Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 2.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477).
