The Arlington Police Department is investigating a tragic incident that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old child and left a 2-year-old child severely injured.
On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 11:50 p.m., a car pulled up next to an APD officer who was parked at a gas station in the 1400 block of N. Cooper Street. A man exited the car, went up to the officer’s driver side window, and immediately hit the window with a knife.
The officer reversed out of the parking spot and moved a safe distance away. He then activated his overhead lights, got out of the patrol vehicle, and gave the man multiple commands to drop the knife. Instead, the man re-entered his vehicle and drove away, heading towards I-30…