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Friends called Neil Prescott, the Maryland man accused of threatening a mass shooting, “a gentle giant.” “…A physically towering young man with a background in computers and electronics and a sarcastic, even biting, sense of humor that people close to him knew to shrug off as innocuous.” [AP]

Restauranteur and former Top Chef contestant Bryan Voltaggio and former BLT Steak executive chef Victor Albisu will be competing in a two-hour chef challenge at next week’s Citi Open tennis tournament (formerly called the Legg Mason Tournament). “The chefs will be tasked with completing two dishes — one meat and one seafood — with the secret ingredient for each round being kept under wraps until the competition begins.” [Frederick News Post]

Another homicide in Arlington. “An armed robbery left a 52-year-old man dead in Arlington County on Friday, marking the county’s second homicide in days after more than two years without one.” [The Post]

Two U.S. climbers, one of them from Annandale, Va., were found dead in a Peruvian peak. “Gil Weiss, 29, and Ben Horne, 32, fell off a ridge after reaching the west summit of 20,584-foot Palcaraju in the Cordillera Blanca range in mid-July, search coordinator Ted Alexander told The Associated Press.” [NBC]