ARLINGTON, Va. — Police evacuated Ballston Quarter to investigate reports of a possible shooting inside the mall on Saturday night, but have reported not finding any evidence of a shooting. Large Comcast Outage Reported in Arlington . ARLINGTON, Va. -- Police: No evidence of shooting at Ballston Quarter mall in Arlington, Virginia. Sternbeck said the investigation is continuing and that the sequence in which the officers and Rials-Torres sustained their injuries is not yet clear.Children in the neighborhood describe Rials-Torres as someone they feared and avoided.A boy told News4 his mother called 911 about four months ago when Rials Torres kicked at their apartment door. I just knew he was a dangerous man ... because we come to play out here and sometimes he tries to hit us," said the boy. He will be released from the hospital soon. Have a look at store list, locations, mall hours, contact, rating and reviews. "The boy said the man seemed to become angry when his mother told him he needed to get a job.Authorities said there was a confrontation when the officers entered the apartment. When the officers arrived, they heard screaming coming from inside the second-story apartment.A neighbor said that a loud argument between the man and his mother had caused them to call 911. A second officer suffered a stun gun injury when they entered the man's apartment near the Ballston area of Arlington County Tuesday morning.The man who died has been identified as 54-year-old Alfredo Rials-Torres.The incident began just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, when officers were called to The Gates of Ballston apartment complex in the 4200 block of 2nd Road N. for the report of a domestic incident. "She didn't want anybody to get hurt so she called police but she didn't expect this to happen. Around Town. Address: 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia - VA 22203.
Stay on top of what’s happening in Arlington, VA with help from WTOP’s news team. He said he once saw the man attack a child. But the Arlington County Police Department later tweeted that authorities had completed a preliminary search of the theater at the Ballston Quarter mall in Arlington without finding any evidence that a shooting took place.As fears over the possibility of a shooting dissipated, many continued to eat and drink inside restaurants and bars in the area.Police spokeswoman Ashley Savage says police planned to clear and search the whole mall, not just the theater, as a precaution.Authorities say one person suffered a minor injury while evacuating.Copyright © 2020 The Washington Times, LLC. Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, Virginia offers 57 stores.