Officers believe suspect targeted woman, shooting at her home in Prince William County

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Detectives are searching for a wanted suspect after an attempted malicious wounding, officials said.

On Sept. 20, officers responded to the 10000 block of Brandon Way in Manassas to investigate reports of gunshots. There, they found that several gunshots were fired and struck a home.

Officers determined that the incident did not seem random and were able to collect shell casings from the scene.

Through their investigation, officers learned that the suspect was known to the occupants of the residence and had targeted a 32-year-old female acquaintance who resides at the home after making multiple threats of harm to her via text message, according to the police department.

Three days later, on Sept. 23, investigators identified the suspect as Matthew Jamaal Brown, a 35-year-old with no fixed address. He is described as being 6 feet tall and 151 pounds with brown hair and eyes.

Wanted for one count of attempted malicious wounding, one count of use of a firearm in commission of a felony, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of shooting into an occupied dwelling, one count of communicating threats to kill in writing, and two counts of making threats over the airways.