WATCH: Fairfax Co. police ‘narrowly escaped line-of-duty death’ in chaotic ‘street takeover,’ chief says

Nick Iannelli | niannelli@wtop.com
April 3, 2024, 4:01 PM

Fairfax County police chief Kevin Davis released video Wednesday showing the scene of a “street takeover” in Springfield, Virginia, over the weekend that he described as “utter chaos and disorder.”

According to Davis, a large group of people gathered for a party in a parking lot and were driving recklessly, speeding and doing doughnuts — and things turned ugly when an officer showed up.

“I believe we narrowly escaped a line-of-duty death scenario,” Davis said. “One of our own officers was surrounded by a bunch of masked tough guy wannabe thugs who surrounded her car and acted in a criminal manner.”

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According to Davis, they will from now on dispatch a “civil disturbance unit” if the department gets a call about a street takeover incident. … “We’re not going to be caught in a situation again where it’s one of us versus dozens of them who want to do us harm,” Davis said.

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