Man detained after threatening wife with knife at mental health center, Falls Church VA
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Family OffensePolice responded near Gallows Road to a report of a man threatening his wife with a knife at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. The man was detained by a trooper at the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
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01:7
Transcript:
00:00
Near Gallows Road, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute.
00:04
State police requesting assistance with a subject brandishing a weapon.
00:09
The trooper is on scene.
00:10
They're in the front parking lot.
00:13
A subject with a white beard wearing a camel jacket, blue jeans.
00:20
Armed with an unknown-sized knife, possibly under the influence of alcohol.
00:28
The subject was physically assaulting his wife in the vehicle.
00:33
We are trying to check if he's still brandishing that knife.
00:41
Addic 418, on Channel 1, Bravo, Box, Blade, Mutual ADEMF, Cross Street, Hillwood Avenue, Annandale Road.
00:58
K-912, the SB advised the subject with the knife is detained by the trooper at the moment they're 10-4[1].
01:06
Direct, 1345.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042
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