One man was hospitalized after being shot by a Fairfax County police officer in Burke last night (Sunday).
Officers responded to the 9700 block of Church Way around 10:15 p.m. after receiving a report of a man armed with a weapon — later identified as a chainsaw, according to scanner traffic.
According to dispatchers on the police scanner, the man’s parents had alerted law enforcement after he began cutting things inside the home with the chainsaw, causing them to lock him outside the residence.
Officer-Involved Shooting: Officers are in the 9700 block of Church Way in Burke. Preliminarily, an FCPD officer discharged her firearm at an adult male outside his home. The man was transported to a local hospital in non-life threatening condition. PIO en route to the scene. pic.twitter.com/SG56xVOR4E
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) September 29, 2025
Responding officers began negotiations with the man, who had armed himself with multiple chainsaws, an ax and a blowtorch, the Fairfax County Police Department said.
Officers initially deployed beanbag projectiles before one shot the man with her gun “in his lower extremities.” The man was taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on restricted duty while under investigation, police said.
