Man with gun, chainsaws and blowtorch shot by Virginia officer

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A man was shot after a Fairfax County police officer discharged her firearm during an encounter outside a Burke home late Sunday night.

Around 10 p.m., Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) officers and a co-responder team with a clinician responded to the 9700 block of Church Way for a weapons call involving a person in crisis.

When they arrived, officers encountered a man outside his home and Crisis Intervention Trained officers began negotiations with the man…

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