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Coyote That Attacked 3 People, Deputy At Fairfax County Park Likely Rabid: Police Coyote That Attacked 3 People, Deputy At Fairfax County Park Likely Rabid: Police
Coyote That Attacked 3 People, Deputy At Fairfax County Park Likely Rabid: Police Police in Fairfax County said the coyote that attacked three people, two dogs, and a police officer over the weekend behaved like it had rabies. An officer shot and killed it on Sunday, June 5, and authorities sent the remains for testing. Reports of the animal first came in on Saturday morning, June 4, when three people said they were attacked without provocation in Lake Accotink Park in Springfield. Fairfax County police closed the 493-acre park near the Capital Beltway to search for the coyote.  On Sunday, just after 12:30 p.m., an officer searching for the animal near the first attacks…

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