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NOW: Fairfax County police officer stabbed in Fair Lakes area

Fairfax County police car with lights flashing (file photo)

A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a Fairfax County police officer.

Officers responded to the 12800 block of Fair Lakes Pkwy at around 2:47 p.m. for a “suspicious person” after 911 received “several calls” from someone who was rambling, according to scanner traffic.

The officers reported at 2:56 p.m. that they had one man detained, but a rescue unit was requested after “the subject pulled a knife” on one officer.

“He’s been cut,” an officer said on the scanner.

The officer was transported to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, the Fairfax County Police Department said on social media shortly before 4 p.m.

“The suspect, an adult male, was arrested on scene,” the FCPD said. “Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau are on scene investigating.”

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  • Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.