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Police Officer Attacked with Knife in Brookland this Morning, Attacker Killed

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From MPD:

At about 6:45 this morning, Friday, November 2, police were called to a home in the 3500 block of 17th St., NE, for a possible assault. When officers arrived, one of our 5D officers was attacked by a suspect with a knife. The officer was assaulted, and in defending himself shot the suspect, who died at the scene.

The officer received several stab wounds. He has been released from the hospital and is doing well.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers that have arrived at 5D this morning.

Category: Brookland, Crime

By: Prince Of Petworth | 02 November 2012 3:15 PM | 13 Comments

Malone

Isn’t that just like a thug? Brings a knife to a gun fight.

November 2, 2012 at 3:42 pm
MK

What a terrible day for the officer, I wish him a speedy recovery.

November 2, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Law&Order

The local NPR station interviewed Cathy Lanier about this story this morning. Cathy said that it was originally a domestic call – grandson and grandfather were fighting. The grandson snuck up on the police and pulled a knife on one of the officers. This happened in Brookland, not far from where a 20-something guy assaulted a woman and tried to stab her to death earlier this week. Has anyone seen any information about whether these incidents are related? http://wtop.com/109/3095762/Police-need-help-finding-man-who-force-way-into-apt-VIDEO

November 2, 2012 at 3:56 pm
- jeff
  
  This is horrible for the police officer, but glad to hear the police officer was able to defend himself. I don’t think it’s likely to be connected to the RI Ave stabbing/attempted rape. They are a mile and a half apart (http://goo.gl/maps/hg9Gu), and a domestic dispute with your grandparent at home is quite a different sort of crime than breaking in, stabbing, and trying to rape someone. Also if I were on the run for a stabbing, I would probably avoid threatening other people with knives for at least a week.
  
  November 2, 2012 at 4:23 pm
anon

one less piece of $hit on the street. speedy recovery to the officer!

November 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm
- Anonymous
  
  So pleased to hear that the suspect was shot and killed. Let’s get this repeated a few hundred more times and the city will finally be livable.
  
  Signed,
  
  Guy who got jumped and beaten just off u street 2 weekends ago
  
  November 2, 2012 at 7:47 pm
  - Anonymous
    
    minus the cop getting stabbed…
    
    November 3, 2012 at 11:46 am
Anonymous

kind of dismayed by these comments, but i need not be surprised. wishing the officer a speedy recovery, but a gun is no match for a knife. wishing the grandfather peace.

November 2, 2012 at 4:29 pm
- Anonymous
  
  So you are saying the cop shouldn’t have shot his assailant? That’s ridiculous.
  
  November 2, 2012 at 7:09 pm
- Anonymous
  
  Of course a gun is no match for a knife – in the odd occasion when the knife-wielding attacker is stark naked so you know s/he doesn’t have another weapon, and of course freezes right where they are, not moving toward you . . . and oh – surrenders immediately. . . get the picture dumb head?
  
  November 2, 2012 at 7:24 pm
matt91

Lanier said that the attacker got behind the officer(s), and the officer was struck with a knife multiple times.

I have no idea what happened in this case, but it’s generally not wise to put yourself in a situation where there is *any* opportunity for someone to come up behind you.

November 3, 2012 at 4:39 pm
- Anon X
  
  Hey, thanks Jack Bauer. You should get a job training the MPD.
  
  November 4, 2012 at 8:22 am
RozCat

So what’s the other side of this story?

November 4, 2012 at 1:12 am