By Natalie Demaree
Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A 16-year-old called 911 to falsely report himself for killing two people, then he stabbed a responding officer in Virginia , police said.
The caller complained to the dispatch center about traffic and killing two people, but when officers responded to the reported incident just after 2:30 p.m. Feb. 3 , a 16-year-old ran at them with a knife, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said in a Feb. 4 news conference.
The teen stabbed a responding officer — a six-year veteran whose name was not revealed — in the upper body before he was taken into custody, police video shows.
The officer was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He “sustained a laceration to the left side of his rib cage” and has since been released from the hospital, Major Elizabeth Melendez said in the news conference.
Police said the teen’s comments about killing people while on call with 911 were untrue.
“The police department has had interactions with him in the past, but because he is a juvenile I can’t go into the specifics of that,” Melendez said.
The 16-year-old was charged with malicious wounding and remains in custody, police said.
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