Overview
- The shooting happened Sunday evening, July 26, at the Bieniemy family home in Ashburn, Virginia, and the victim was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and is reported to be in stable condition.
- Loudoun County deputies arrested Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, at the scene and charged him with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm inside a dwelling; he is held without bond.
- Sheriff Mike Chapman said the injured woman placed the 911 call and investigators are treating the case as domestic while they continue to interview witnesses and collect evidence.
- Eric Bieniemy left the Chiefs’ training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri, to be with his family and pass game coordinator Joe Bleymaier has assumed offensive coordinator duties on an interim basis.
- Public court records show Elijah Bieniemy was arraigned and remains in custody with a preliminary hearing scheduled for August 31, and the investigation’s outcome will shape any criminal case and the coach’s short-term availability.