Cops Coax Barricade Suspect Out Of Merrifield Home In Foreign Language (Update)

Farsi-speaking police officers coaxed a barricaded man out of his Fairfax County home amid a standoff Thursday afternoon, Sept. 7, authorities said.

At the scene.
Photo Credit: *Fairfax County PD*

Cecilia Levine

09/07/2023 2:27 p.m.

The man exposed himself in front of children and then barricaded inside of a home on the 900 block of Piney Grove Drive in Merrifield, county police said.

In an update posted to Twitter just after 3:20 p.m., police said an officer who is fluent in Farsi persuaded the man to leave his home, and the incident was resolved peacefully.

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