Crime & Safety

[Updated] Police Investigating Stabbing on Prospect Street

A suspect was chased down and subdued with a Taser, police said.

Updated Monday 11:13 a.m.

Vernon police on Monday morning were piecing together the details of a stabbing in Rockville.

At about 7 a.m., officers rushed to 119 Prospect St., where they found a man and a woman - both adults police spokesman Lt. William Meier said - with stab wounds.

The woman is 26 and the man is 35, Meier said.

They were taken to Rockville General Hospital and were being treated mid-morning, Meier said. Meier said they were stabbed in the neck. He said the injuries were serious but police do not believe they are life-threatening.

Meier said "all parties involved" have been located and were being questioned by police mid-morning. Police were also at the scene.

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Police said the suspect is a 28-year-old woman who fled the scene on foot and was reportedly still armed with a knife. The area was surrounded by Vernon Police and a canine unit was called, police said.

After about a half-hour search, the suspect was located a block away on Oak Street, police said. The suspect resisted arrest and had to be subdued with a Taser before being taken into custody, police said.

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Police have not yet released her identity. Police said the incident seems to be domestic in nature.


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