Two dead after I-495 road rage incident leads to stabbing, Virginia State Police shooting
A road rage incident led to a shooting involving the Virginia State Police on Sunday on Interstate 495. Four individuals were also stabbed.
Two people died on Sunday in Annandale, Virginia, after a road rage incident saw several people stabbed and led to a shooting involving Virginia State Police on Interstate 495.
A release issued by the Virginia State Police said a trooper fatally shot a man after responding to a report of a road rage incident on the southbound lanes of I-495 just before 1:30 p.m. at exit 52, near the Little River Turnpike.
The man, transferred to a hospital with serious injuries, has been pronounced dead. VSP said the trooper shot in self-defense after the man confronted him with a knife. The trooper did not suffer any injuries during the altercation.
Officials found four stabbing victims at the scene. They added that a 39-year-old woman and a dog both died from their injuries.
Early findings suggest the stabbings took place after a crash on the Capital Beltway. The crash remains under investigation.
The VSP’s release came after the main lanes of the Capital Beltway Outer Loop, before Little River Turnpike, were closed to traffic for several hours.
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