YPSO: Police shoot, kill suspect in stabbing outside York County store

YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A woman was stabbed outside a Ross Dress for Less store on Mooretown Road and a suspect was shot and killed by police inside a nearby Home Depot Wednesday, the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said.

The woman who was stabbed has non life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man reportedly stabbed a woman just outside the store before heading to a nearby Home Depot, the sheriff’s office said. James City County Police responded to the scene providing mutual aid and found the suspect inside the Home Depot as deputies arrived.

James City County Police officers gave verbal commands to the armed suspect, which he did not follow, according to the sheriff’s office. The armed suspect then lunged at officers, and they discharged their guns and struck the suspect, the sheriff’s office said…

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