Overview
- Police say Mia Bieniemy was shot at the family home on July 26 and her son, Elijah Zion Bieniemy, was arrested and charged with malicious wounding, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm inside a dwelling.
- Newly published accounts show that on July 24 a caller from the Bieniemy home told police the parents were withholding the caller’s firearms and that he “cannot defend himself,” according to a Loudoun County incident report cited by reporting.
- Authorities logged earlier contacts about Elijah in June, including a June 1 welfare check by a college counselor and a June 22 suspicious-circumstance report, which are now part of the investigative record.
- Dispatcher audio and the criminal complaint describe gunshot wounds to Mia’s chest and arm, note a projectile remained in her body, and include a warning that a weapon was still in the home; Mia has been moved out of the ICU and Eric Bieniemy left the Chiefs’ training camp to be with his family.
- Elijah remains jailed while a judge approved a court-ordered competency evaluation after defense filings raised significant mental-health concerns, and the result of that exam will determine the timing and course of the prosecution.