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Knife-Wielding Woman Killed In Officer-Involved Virginia Shooting Identified By Police Knife-Wielding Woman Killed In Officer-Involved Virginia Shooting Identified By Police
Knife-Wielding Woman Killed In Officer-Involved Virginia Shooting Identified By Police Additional information has been released by the Fairfax County Police Department after a knife-wielding woman was killed in an officer-involved shooting earlier this week. On Monday morning, an officer from the agency was called to conduct a welfare check in the 11800 block of Sunrise Vally Drive in Reston, when a mental health professional advised that 33-year-old Sydney Wilson was in an "agitated state."  An officer knocked on WIlson's door, police say, who opened it and then immediately slammed it shut. The first responder continued to try and speak with her, at which point she open…

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by Zak Failla
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Crews Battle Heat, Two-Alarm Apartment Fire In Fairfax County (DEVELOPING) Crews Battle Heat, Two-Alarm Apartment Fire In Fairfax County (DEVELOPING)
Crews Battle Heat, Two-Alarm Apartment Fire In Fairfax County (Developing) For the second time in three days, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews had to beat the heat after being called to battle a raging blaze that broke out in an area home. Before 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, firefighters were called to a two-alarm fire that was reported in the 2700 block of Hollywood Road in West Falls Church, where they were met by an inferno showing from the top floor of the building. The fire was still raging as of 10:30 a.m. on June 26. No injuries were initially reported. This latest incident comes days after another two-alarm fire in the 6900 block of Banchory Court in…

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by Zak Failla