Vicky O. Armel

Vicky Anne Owen Armel was a 40-year-old detective for the Fairfax County Police Department who was shot to death on May 8, 2006, by 18-year-old Michael W. Kennedy at the Sully District Police Station in Chantilly.[1]

Armel, a 9-year veteran of the department, was the first Fairfax County Police Officer shot to death in the history of the department. She had previously worked for 8 years for the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office.[2]

She was the mother of two elementary school-aged children, Thomas and Masen, and the wife of Tyler Armel, another Fairfax County detective.[2]

References

  1. Jackman, Tom, and Lisa Rein. "Officer Fatally Shot Outside Police Station; Slaying is 1st in Line of Duty in Fairfax; Gunman, 18, is Killed After Opening Fire." The Washington Post: A.01. National Newspapers Core. May 09 2006. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Detective Vicky Anne Owen Armel | Fairfax County Police Department, Virginia." The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. (ODMP). Web. 27 Feb. 2012.

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