Triangle, Va. — Police in Prince William County posted details of Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting that took the life of a man suspected in an armed burglary.
Prince William and Dumfries police spotted a car belonging to a suspect in the burglary in the area of U.S. 1 and Old Triangle Road in Triangle about 1:40 p.m. Police stopped the car but the passenger fled on foot, according to police.
The driver was arrested, and then police searched for the suspect but were unable to find him. That’s when K-9 units were called in to track the suspect, whom they later found in a wooded area near a ravine off U.S. 1 north, which runs parallel to Old Triangle Road.
Officers saw the man had a handgun, and said the man would not respond to their commands. When the suspect began moving toward the officers, one officer fired his weapon shooting the man, said police.
The unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured.
The incident prompted a closure of U.S. 1 north in Triangle for several hours Wednesday night.
Police said the victim was suspected to have burglarized a home in the 1500 block of Indiana Avenue in Woodbridge just before noon Wednesday.
