Dahlgren, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - UPDATE: State Police have identified the suspect killed in this shooting as Charles White, III, of Prince Georges, Maryland.
State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting right near the Nice Bridge in King George County that has left a suspect dead. Police say the incident happened at the weigh station just west of the bridge, which is also the Maryland-Virginia border.
According to State Police, the incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. when an SUV pulled off Route 301 into the weigh station’s parking lot. Police says moments after the SUV parked in the lot, a female passenger exited and began running away from it. Officers than say the male driver quickly exited and appeared to fire a handgun at the female.
There was a Virginia State Police Motor Carrier Trooper and a Virginia State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer inspecting a box truck behind the weigh station as this was happening. Police say noth state police personnel engaged the male driver and exchanged gunfire with him.
The male suspect was shot and succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The female was transported to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg for treatment of serious injuries.
An occupant of the truck that was being inspected was also injured in the shooting. He is being treated at Mary Washington Hospital for serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. The officers are now on administrative leave.