Woman fatally shot by Fairfax police during knife attack, chief says
A woman experiencing a mental health crisis slashed an officer’s face as he visited her Reston apartment to check on her welfare, police said.
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A Fairfax County police officer fatally shot a woman in a mental health crisis Monday morning after she attacked him with a knife in a hallway of a Reston apartment building, slashing the officer’s face several times, Police Chief Kevin Davis said.
The incident began about 10 a.m. after an officer was dispatched to the 11800 block of Sunrise Valley Drive to check on the welfare of a 33-year-old woman whose mental health counselor had notified police that she was in an agitated state, Davis said.
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Fairfax County (VA) Police just released this video of a fatal officer-involved shooting involving a knife-wielding trans-woman, standing 6’6 tall, attacking this officer with a knife, seen slashing at this face and throat. pic.twitter.com/1qBkbQyWaN
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