Arlington man arrested after 2 women shot at northern Virginia daycare, police say

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (7News) — A man is in custody after two women were shot during a domestic-related incident at a Springfield, Va. daycare Wednesday, according to Fairfax County Police officials.

Police said at around 2:14 p.m. that they were called to the West Springfield KinderCare on the 8500 block of Bauer Drive and found two daycare employees injured.

All children reportedly made it out of the daycare safely and were released to their parents or guardians, officials said.

“It doesn’t appear that any of the kids have any indication that anything even happened here today,” said an FCPD official said at a news conference. “They were jovial they were taken outside doors, they didn’t appear to even see the broken front door.”

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Officers said 41-year-old Julio Pascual Sejas, of Arlington, was taken into custody Wednesday evening, hours after the incident.

During a news conference Wednesday evening, officials said Pascual Sejas tried to speak with an employee, believed to be his spouse, at the facility and fired shots after she refused to open the door.

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Both daycare employees were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.