VA:Stabbed in Neck, Employee Draws Gun, Drives off Attacker

Aggravated Malicious Wounding – On March 7th at 1:16PM, police responded to the Pawn City located at 4124 Dale Blvd in Woodbridge (22193) for an initial report of a robbery. The investigation revealed that a known customer to the business, identified as the accused, was in the process of completing a transaction with the victim, a 62 year old man of Burke. The victim is an employee of the business. After completing the transaction, the accused displayed a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck. The victim fell to the ground, at which point, the accused got over the counter and stabbed the victim a second time. The victim was able to retrieve a firearm causing the accused to flee the business in a vehicle. The victim was flown to an area hospital as a precaution for non-life threatening injuries.

Detectives from the Violent Crimes Bureau were able to quickly identify the suspect. Detectives and officers located the vehicle in the area of River Ridge Blvd. A traffic stop was conducted on Wayside Dr where the accused was detained without incident. Following the investigation, the accused was subsequently arrested.

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