Crime & Safety

Stabbing Death Leaves Juvenile Arrested In Manassas: Police

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for stabbing one man to death and leaving another seriously injured in Manassas: PWC Police.

MANASSAS, VA—A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for stabbing one man to death and leaving another seriously injured with stab wounds during a botched drug deal Wednesday in the 7500 block of Prince Cole Court, according to Prince William County Police. The juvenile, from Manassas, was charged with second degree murder.

Around 5 a.m., police responded to the scene and found that the two victims had met the juvenile to make a drug deal. But something went awry and one man was stabbed multiple times in the upper body and the one who survived was stabbed in the lower body. Both were taken to an area hospital

The juvenile was identified as the suspect and arrested later that day.

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