A 42-year-old man suspected of stabbing his son in the arm and then himself, in fact was not stabbed and died from a gunshot wound to his chest, according to dispatch reports and the Alexandria Police Department.
APD said that Daniel Foster was pronounced dead at the hospital after allegedly stabbing his 21-year-old son in the arm with a pocket knife in a West End apartment on Sunday evening (June 29) in the 6000 block of Edsall Road. Foster was found with what were believed to be knife wounds to his chest, but, in fact, he was fatally wounded by a gunshot.
APD said that the investigation is still active and that the Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of the death.
As previously reported, APD was notified of the stabbing at around 5:45 p.m. in a “hysterical” 911 call. The caller reportedly said that the suspect stabbed his son in the arm in an apartment in the 6000 block of Edsall Road and then fled the scene, according to APD dispatches.
Foster was treated at the scene for cardiac arrest and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital, according to dispatch.
