A 39-year-old girl and a canine had been killed, and three different individuals had been stabbed in a highway rage incident on the outer belt of the Washington D.C. beltway on Sunday, police mentioned. The suspect was killed by police.
Virginia State Police had been known as to Interstate 495 southbound close to exit 52 in Annandale, Virginia, round 1:20 p.m. on Sunday for a reported highway rage incident. When a trooper arrived, he was confronted by a male suspect carrying a knife.
The trooper shot the suspect in self-defense, and he was taken to a hospital with critical accidents, authorities mentioned. The suspect, who was not instantly recognized by police, died from his accidents.
The situation of the opposite stabbing victims is unknown.
State police mentioned the stabbing occurred after a crash. It’s underneath investigation.
CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported that the incident prompted an enormous site visitors delay on the beltway for almost six hours. It has since been reopened.
Amid on-line hypothesis that the incident could possibly be a terrorist assault following the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, state police mentioned they imagine it isn’t terrorism-related.
