Overview
- Officers arrived at a Mantua apartment early Monday and found the attacker actively stabbing his son-in-law after he ignored repeated commands to drop a long-bladed knife described as a meat cleaver.
- The daughter, in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the mother, in her 50s, died shortly after being transported, while the son-in-law, in his 30s, remains in critical condition.
- Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis described the scene as extremely bloody and said the attacker was a man in his 50s whose identity has not been released.
- A 1-year-old child in the home was not injured and has been placed in the care of Child Protective Services.
- Authorities report no prior domestic calls to the residence and say criminal and administrative reviews of the shooting are underway.