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Pursuit of homicide suspect leads to crash near Fort Ward

The Alexandria Police Department said a suspect pursued by the Arlington County Police Department crashed at the intersection of N. Van Dorn Street and W. Braddock Road just off I-395 near Fort Ward.

Scanner traffic indicated that the Arlington County Police Department was following up on D.C. police pursuit of a homicide suspect. The suspect drove over the 14th Street Bridge into Arlington on I-395.

Police said the suspect was taken into custody and no injuries are reported.

The crash has knocked out a power box at the intersection, disabling traffic lights at the intersection. Police reminded drivers to treat that as a four way stop.

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  • Vernon Miles is the ALXnow cofounder and editor. He's covered Alexandria since 2014 and has been with Local News Now since 2018. When he's not reporting, he can usually be found playing video games or Dungeons and Dragons with friends.