At least four people were stabbed near Washington, D.C Sunday, according to authorities, who added that shots were fired on I-495 and a suspect has been apprehended.

Emergency personnel responded to reports of a car crash and stabbing on the freeway, according to officials.

Currently, traffic is being rerouted onto Route 29/Route 50 at Exit 50a. The Virginia Department of Transportation reported that the event initially started as a car accident, after which a suspect began attacking and stabbing individuals who had either stopped to help or were involved in the initial crash. Emergency personnel and injured people were visible on the road in the video. Two victims were categorized as "red tag," signifying critical injuries, while one victim was receiving CPR. A fourth victim had a "yellow tag," indicating that their injuries were severe but not immediately life-threatening.

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The suspect's condition is unknown.

Matthew Demlein, a spokesman for the Virginia State Police, stated that while he was attempting to get more details, he was unable to corroborate any information regarding the Sunday afternoon event.

Numerous independent news outlets, such as The DMV Live on X, stated that state police had fired rounds and that several people had been stabbed. The investigation is being led by Fairfax County Police, with assistance from Virginia State Police in areas pertaining to highways.

A routine departmental review will be conducted on the officer-involved shooting. No motive has been found by investigators, and no connections to terrorism or more general geopolitical events have been proven.

This comes just two days after Virginia police arrested a suspect in the murder of Stephanie Minter, 41, who was knifed to death at a bus stop Friday.

Officers discovered Minter with upper body stab wounds, and they declared her dead at the scene, according to the police.

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The following day, Abdul Jalloh, 32, who was shown on camera leaving the bus with Minter at Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive, was taken into custody.

After a worker at a liquor store dialed 911, he was taken into custody. Officers detained him at the time on suspicion of shoplifting. A day later, investigators connected him to the murder.

A Virginia murder suspect accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a bus stop earlier this week has a lengthy criminal history filled with multiple arrests, but was let back onto the streets nearly every time.

Abdul Jalloh, 32, is charged with the Monday night killing of Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, at a bus stop shelter, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

Minter was found by officers with stab wounds to her upper body and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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Jalloh, 32, who was seen on surveillance cameras exiting the bus with Minter at Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive, was arrested the next day.

He was arrested at a liquor store after an employee called 911. At the time, officers arrested him for allegedly shoplifting. Investigators linked him to the murder a day later.

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Authorities were still trying to determine a motive for the killing and what led to the deadly stabbing.

A search of online court records revealed Jalloh has more than a dozen arrests in northern Virginia, including on charges of petty larceny and malicious wounding.

In most of the cases, prosecutors dropped the charges, Fox D.c. reported.

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Laura Birnbaum, the chief of staff for Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano, said Jalloh was known to the district attorney's office and was "acutely aware of the risk he posed to the community."

"That is why we convicted the defendant of a 2023 malicious wounding charge, and have since made every effort to hold him accountable each subsequent time that he has come in contact with the criminal justice system, including asking him to be held in custody whenever possible," Birnbaum said.

"Unfortunately, the defendant in this case also had a history of selecting victims with no fixed address – some of the most vulnerable members of our community," she added. "In multiple cases, we were unable to move forward with prosecution because victims could not be located or contacted."

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An obituary for Minter described her as a "happy, jolly" person.

"A beam of light in dark places," the obituary states.

Original article source: Virginia murder suspect in bus stop stabbing had lengthy criminal history, multiple dropped charges

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia's Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop.

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone earlier this week on charges of second-degree murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed a woman, Stephanie Minter, 41, who was found dead at a local bus stop with several wounds to the upper body.

The alleged suspect, Abdul Jalloh, 32, also has a criminal history of more than 30 arrests, according to DHS, including for rape, malicious wounding, assault, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault and pick-pocketing.

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The request from the Trump administration comes after the newly elected Democratic governor of Virginia signed an executive order to end cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement, a move several Democratic Party governors have taken recently amid President Donald Trump's move to increase deportation operations around the country.

The DHS request asking Virginia officials to cooperate with ICE also comes after an illegal immigrant allegedly murdered someone just days after being released from jail for a separate crime in December.

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"We are calling on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Virginia’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

"This illegal alien’s murder of an innocent, beautiful American woman came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger’s demonization of ICE law enforcement. This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third country removals for the safety of the American people."

Spanberger's representatives did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Jalloh entered the United States illegally in 2012, according to DHS, and immigration officials lodged an immigration detainer against him in 2020, whereupon he was granted a final order of removal by a judge who said he could be removed to any country other than Sierra Leone.

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DHS indicated that ICE cooperation to ensure Jalloh's deportation is evident after a case Fox News covered in December when a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, allegedly killed a man just a day after Fairfax County jail officials let him go.

The immigrant from El Salvador had been in custody on charges of malicious wounding and brandishing a gun, but police released him after the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, led by George Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano, dropped the charges.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Fairfax County Sheriff's office to inquire about why the man had not been handed over to ICE.

The sheriff's office said, "ICE was aware of Morales-Ortez’s incarceration and elected not to seek a judicial warrant to ensure he remained in custody.

"The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office follows all local, state and federal laws when determining whether a person is subject to release from the ADC," the sheriff's office told Fox News Digital at the time. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is automatically notified any time a person is booked into the ADC."

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The same sheriff's office did not get back to Fox News Digital's media inquiry for this story on DHS urging officials to cooperate with federal officials.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three people died, and at least 14 others were injured in a shooting on West Sixth Street overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.

Austin Police officers responded to the popular street to calls about a man shooting at Buford’s Bar. Austin Police Department Chief Lisa Davis said three officers shot back toward the suspect, who died.

While the suspect has not yet been identified publicly, KXAN confirmed with multiple sources that the suspect was 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne.

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Federal partners, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), also responded to the scene.

At this moment, the Austin Police Department said this is an ongoing investigation. West Sixth Street from Guadalupe Street to North Lamar Boulevard is closed to all traffic; officials are asking everyone to avoid the area and find alternate routes.

The FBI said its joint terrorism task force team members, as well as other specialty teams, were investigating. During a briefing, the FBI said there were “indicators” of terrorism related to the shooting.

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Chief Davis said an SUV drove around the area several times before the suspect fired a handgun out of the window. Those shots hit people on the patio and in front of the bar, according to police.

Davis said the suspect then parked the vehicle on Wood Street, got out, and shot his gun at people walking by. Police responded at that time, and the suspect was shot and killed.

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According to police, two weapons, a pistol and a rifle, were used in the shooting.

ATCEMS said medics took 14 people to the hospital after the shooting. Of those 14, three were in critical condition as of the last report.

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“I’m very thankful for the speed with which our public safety officials responded to this,” said Austin Mayor Kirk Watson. “I don’t think there’s any question that it saved lives.”

Davis said officers and ATCEMS medics were able to respond quickly to the area because of customary staging over on East Sixth Street. ATCEMS Chief Robert Luckritz said his medics were on scene within 57 seconds of getting the call at 1:59 a.m.

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KXAN spoke with Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock, who confirmed the suspect was one of the three people who died.

Bullock said this incident was something they don’t ever want to see, but to know the Austin Police Department is here for you and the city is here for you.

“The last time this happened, we were dealing with over on East Sixth, which does have more people, but West Sixth is still a populated area,” Bullock said. “I think it happened then, and it happened again now, where officers still got there quickly, where they were committed to providing medical aid as soon as we possibly can. Then, and even more so now, we have teams that are dedicated to this type of response.”

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APD said community members searching for loved ones should call the department’s Victim Services Unit at 512-974-5037.

KXAN will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

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