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Man Dies from Injuries After Fight at Sunrise of Alexandria Vol. 12, No. 46 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper NOVEMBER 17, 2016 Man dies from injuries after fight at Sunrise of Alexandria Hunter Alexander, 82, The victim was transported Alexander died from complica- was allegedly assaulted to a local hospital, where he died tions from a blunt force trauma by 72-year-old resident in of his injuries October 26. He to the hip. Blunt force trauma is senior facility was later identified as Hunter sustained from injury, impact or BY CHRIS TEALE Alexander, 82, of Alexandria. physical attack, but does not nec- The Alexandria Police De- Police said no charges have essarily require a weapon. partment announced last Fri- been filed, and that the deci- Sunrise Senior Living day it is investigating a death sion on whether to file charges spokeswoman Jennifer Clark that resulted from an assault at is in the hands of the com- declined to answer specific a West End senior living facil- monwealth’s attorney’s office. questions about the incident, COURTESY PHOTO ity late last month. Commonwealth’s Attorney including whether the alleged Hunter Alexander, 82, died last month from injuries he sustained in an Police said in a statement No- Bryan Porter did not respond assailant remains a resident at altercation with another resident at the Sunrise of Alexandria senior liv- ing facility on Duke Street. The slaying was the sixth in the city this year. vember 11 that at around 12:30 to requests for comment. the facility. She said in a state- p.m. October 24, a 72-year-old Nancy Bull, chief adminis- ment that the organization ex- said. “We immediately notified an investigation right away. It man assaulted an 82-year-old trator at the Virginia Office of pressed their condolences. all proper authorities when the would not be appropriate to dis- man inside the Sunrise of Alex- the Chief Medical Examiner’s “We are deeply saddened by incident occurred three weeks andria at 3520 Duke St. Northern District Office, said this loss to our family,” Clark ago, and the police commenced SEE HOMICIDE | 5 Local Republicans optimistic despite low presidential turnout Advocacy group plans vote statewide, bolstered by a age points from Romney’s tally support for immigrant strong victory in Alexandria. of 27.5 percent in 2012, while community As of Tuesday, Clinton led more than 4,000 more people BY ERICH WAGNER in the city with 75.6 percent in Alexandria voted for Repub- Alexandria Republicans of ballots cast, compared with lican District 8 congressional were hopeful this week about only 17.5 percent of Alexan- candidate Charles Hernick than the prospect of a Donald drians voting for Trump. The for Trump. Trump presidency, despite a numbers provided some sol- Sean Lenehan, chairman PHOTO/DENISE DUNBAR local vote total that was sig- ace for local Democrats, who of the Alexandria Republican GOOD TIMES IN nificantly lower than Mitt saw their numbers swell over City Committee, said his group ALEXANDRIA The arts Romney’s in 2012. But Demo- the 2012 presidential election, was still digesting the results of and history collided this crats took a less rosy view of when President Barack Obama the election locally, but noted weekend in Alexandria, as the new balance of power. received 71 percent of the vote. that there was a contingent of the city hosted the annual Trump won the presidency Starker than the increase in the so-called “Never Trump” Alexandria Film Festival as last week with 290 Electoral Democratic turnout was the fall movement — Republicans for well as a replica of the 16th College votes as of Wednesday. in Republican voter turnout in whom the nominee was an un- century Spanish ship El Galeon. For more photos, But in Virginia, former Sec- the presidential race. Trump’s acceptable candidate — among PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE see page 26. retary of State Hillary Clinton 17.5 percent of the vote repre- won with 49.8 percent of the sents a drop of 10 full percent- SEE ELECTION | 13 T.C. 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