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Cops Talk Suicidal Man Down From Virginia Mall Parking Deck (UPDATE) Cops Talk Suicidal Man Down From Virginia Mall Parking Deck (UPDATE)
Cops Talk Suicidal Man Down From Virginia Mall Parking Deck (Update) Police in Fairfax County were able to talk a suicidal man down from a mall parking deck earlier this week. Officers responded to the Springfield Mall where the man was threatening to jump from the roof of the parking garage around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6. "Quick-thinking officers engaged the man in conversation to calm him down and bought time for additional resources, including our Crisis Negotiators and Co-Responder units, to respond," the county's police department said.  Negotiators spoke with the man for more than five hours and were able to convince him to step off of the ledg…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully In Fairfax County Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully In Fairfax County
Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully In Fairfax County An ongoing barricaded situation ended peacefully in Fairfax County Tuesday, Aug. 29. Crisis negotiators were at a home on the 4100 block of Park Chase Drive in Fair Oaks as of 7:30 p.m., where a potentially-armed man was barricaded inside with a woman, county police said. #Breaking Officers are in the 4100 block of Park Chase Dr in Fair Oaks for a man barricaded inside a home with a woman. The man is possibly armed. Please avoid the area. #FCPD pic.twitter.com/WxV7eunDRF — Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) August 29, 2023 At 10 p.m., police said the man was in police custody and the woma…

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by Cecilia Levine