Joshua Danehower Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Sleeping Nonprofit Founder Gret Glyer, Virginia Cops Say
As a FedEx employee headed to his shift at Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, he was stopped by Virginia airport police. At the time, he was told officers were arresting him for the death of Gret Glyer, 32, a nonprofit executive and father of two children shot dead in his bed last week. before.
The package worker, a 33-year-old man from Arlington named Joshua Danehower, reacted calmly and was taken into custody without incident, the City of Fairfax authorities said Wednesday.
It appears that Danehower acted alone, Captain Jeff Hunt, commander of the Fairfax City Police Department’s criminal investigation division, said at a news conference. Press Conference notice of arrest. Danehower has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm.
Fairfax City Police Department
Early Friday morning, patrol officers responded to an emergency call reporting that someone had been shot in the home of Glyer’s Fairfax. Inside, officers found Glyer, founder of fundraising platform DonorSee, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. A preliminary investigation found that his wife, Heather, was sleeping next to him at the time of the shooting.
“Gret is my best friend and a wonderful husband and father,” Heather, who married Glyer in 2018, said in a statement Wednesday. “He has a great heart for helping those who need it most and I know that legacy will last forever.”
There hasn’t been a single homicide reported in Fairfax, a city of more than 20,000 people, since 2008, according to WTOC.
Danehower was identified by Fairfax officials as a potential suspect in Glyer’s murder after “someone offered advice,” Hunt said.
Investigators have yet to determine a motive for Glyer’s death. It appeared that Danehower was “a family acquaintance,” in the words of the police captain, who added that authorities were looking into a potential connection the men might have through their church. .
It’s unclear to which church Glyer belongs, but a Facebook friend announced that his memorial service will be held at The Falls Church Anglican on Friday.
Glyer founded DonorSee in 2016, according to the company’s website, to create a “give platform” that allows donations to be given “directly to those in need,” with a particular focus on giving poverty alleviation in Africa. The company, which employs about 15 people, also provides sponsors with video updates showing how their funds are being used.
Above a page DonorSee founded to help support Glyer’s family, a statement was posted about his grief as “a courageous and kind leader who treated everyone like family… he was… She always has a positive attitude that encourages you to try a little harder, do a little more, and laugh a little louder.”
The foundation’s interim head, Owen O’Doherty, told washington articles in an interview on Wednesday that he did not know Danehower.
According to her LinkedIn profile and online obituary, Glyer moved in 2013 to become a teacher at a Bible school in Malawi, an East African country, after several years at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. While there, he founded a non-profit organization called Housing for Orphans and Widows in Malawi, which works to build houses in rural areas.
“As anyone who has come in contact with Gret will tell you, he is a wonderful light and a vibrant optimism with quick wits, a great personality and a vision. look great to make the world a better place for the less fortunate,” wrote O’Doherty in a separate Facebook dedication.
“And what difference did he make?”
