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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Alexandria man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria to four years in federal prison for possessing a machinegun, more than three years after he pleaded guilty to shooting a victim at Potomac Mills Mall.
Jamarion Dawon Jackson, 23, was convicted after a Virginia State Trooper caught him driving more than 100 miles per hour on the right shoulder of Interstate 95 in Fairfax County on April 17, 2025, weaving past heavy traffic. When the trooper activated emergency equipment, Jackson fled and crashed into a parked vehicle before striking two more on the roadway. He then ran on foot, unsuccessfully tried to enter two vehicles, and attempted to jump through the open passenger window of a third before the driver accelerated. Jackson was injured and apprehended.
A search of his vehicle turned up a loaded handgun with a 31-round magazine equipped with a machinegun conversion device, which made the firearm capable of fully automatic fire.
Jackson was previously convicted in a 2022 shooting at Potomac Mills Mall, where he shot a victim inside the building and fled. He pleaded guilty to unlawful discharge of a firearm within an occupied building, felony destruction of property, and carrying a concealed weapon, and received a sentence of time served with an 11-year suspended sentence. As a convicted felon, he is prohibited from legally possessing firearms or ammunition.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas J. Patterson and Reed Sawyers prosecuted it.
