The shooting of a 22-year-old man apparently by an off-duty Arlington deputy sheriff has been ruled a homicide, according to an Alexandria Police press release.

Julian Hawkins, a shuttle bus driver for the PBS NewsHour, was fatally shot in the Lynhaven area of Alexandria after a confrontation with Craig Patterson, a 17-year police veteran. An autopsy found that Hawkins died from a gunshot wound and his death was ruled a homicide, Alexandria Police said.

Dawkins was celebrating his cousin’s signing to the WNBA’s Washington Mystics at his aunt’s home before the confrontation, NBC Washington reports. The circumstances leading to the shooting are still being investigated, according to police.

The Post spoke to a neighbor who shared her version of events:

A neighbor who declined to give her name because she feared for her safety said she heard Dawkins talking casually with someone outside her home about 12:30 a.m. She said that the conversation soon grew louder and that someone told Dawkins, “I been around here longer than you have.” Dawkins, she said, responded, “Get off this street.”

The neighbor, 36, said she looked outside to see Dawkins — whom she knew because he had lived next to her — chasing a man down the street. After Dawkins stopped, the man yelled, “I’ll be back. You best believe I’ll be back,” the neighbor recalled

Charges have not been filed against Patterson, pending an investigation. The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office will make a decision about charges after the investigation is complete. The press release stresses, “The fact that Mr. Patterson is employed as a law enforcement officer does not affect the process of investigation applied to this case.”