Drugged suspect in 'altered mental state' stabs six, along with himself, during DC rampage: police
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At least six victims were left injured in the nation’s capital on Thursday after an intoxicated suspect began randomly stabbing people on the street, including himself.

The incident was reported at around 3:22 p.m. in Washington D.C.’s Trinidad neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived at the scene and found “numerous people suffering from stab wounds.”

Pamela Smith, the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters at a press conference that the suspect was “in an altered mental state from an unknown substance.”

“While walking down the street, the individual began stabbing himself, and then he stabbed a female acquaintance who was also with him,” Smith described.

Police officers at scene

All of the six victims are in stable condition. (FOX 5 DC)

“The grandmother and her granddaughters were getting in a car, primarily minding their own business, doing whatever they were doing,” Smith said.

Washington, D.C. has been plagued with crime in the past. In January, a man was sent to the hospital after protecting his 21-year-old girlfriend in a near-fatal carjacking in Northwest D.C.

In Oct. 2023, three girls in D.C. were arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 64-year-old man in Northwest D.C. The victim, Reggie Brown, was beaten to death.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Metropolitan Police Department for additional information.

Emergency vehicles at scene

Authorities are investigating the crime. (FOX 5 DC)

Authorities are investigating the incident. No additional information is known at this time.

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