Fairfax County police say the Wednesday morning killing of a gas station clerk in the Franklin Farm Village Shopping Center in Herndon, Virginia, possibly began as a robbery.

The Sunoco gas station in the Franklin Farm Village shopping center in Herndon, Virginia, remains an active crime scene on Wednesday morning. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Courtesy Fairfax County Police Detectives believe the killing may have started out as a robbery. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Courtesy Fairfax County Police The adult male victim suffered blunt force trauma to the upper body, police say. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Courtesy Fairfax County Police Detectives believe the suspect, who has been arrested, approached several people in the shopping center. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Courtesy Fairfax County Police ( 1 /4) Share This Gallery: Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via email. Print.

WASHINGTON — Fairfax County police say the Wednesday morning killing of a gas station clerk in the Franklin Farm Village Shopping Center in Herndon, Virginia, possibly began as a robbery.

Police say the killing of Resham Bajgain, happened inside the Sunoco gas station in the 13300 block of Franklin Farm Road at 1:15 a.m. Police found Bajgain, 40, of Herndon, dead with blunt force trauma to the upper body.

Homicide detectives and patrol officers responded to the scene, where the suspect, Mohamed Abdullahi, was immediately arrested in the shopping center parking lot.

Detectives believe that Abdullahi, 19, of Herndon, approached several people in the shopping center.

Police are hoping to speak to the driver of a Pontiac GTO, a potential witness who was spotted near the Sunoco around the time of the homicide.

The gas station remains an active crime scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call police. Police say this is the eighth homicide of the year.

Below is a map of the area where the incident happened.