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Two people stabbed in separate overnight incidents in Alexandria; persons of interest detained

Both victims transported with non-life-threatening injuries; investigations ongoing

Alexandria Police Department headquarters. (Ryan Belmore/The Alexandria Brief)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two people were stabbed in separate incidents in Alexandria Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, according to the Alexandria Police Department, with persons of interest detained in both cases and no known threat to the community.

Officers responded to a stabbing in the 1200 block of Braddock Place involving two adult males. One man was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. APD first posted about the incident on social media at 9:23 p.m. Tuesday.

In a second incident, officers responded to a stabbing in the 4800 block of West Braddock Road involving two adult females. One woman was also transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. APD posted about that incident at 3:32 a.m. Wednesday.

A person of interest was detained in each incident. Both investigations remain ongoing.

The Alexandria Brief reached out to APD Wednesday morning and received these preliminary details from a department spokesperson. Anyone with information is asked to call the Alexandria Police Department at 703-746-4444.


Editor's note: The Alexandria Brief does not use scanner traffic as a source. Scanner communications capture first responders in real time, before facts are confirmed, and are frequently incomplete, preliminary, or corrected as an incident unfolds. Information in this report came from Alexandria Police Department social media posts and a response to a Brief inquiry from an APD spokesperson.

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