Good Samaritan Attacked With Baseball Bat in Dumfries: Police

DUMFRIES, VA — A man trying to provide aid to a woman in distress was whacked in the head several times with a baseball bat Friday night by a man who previously had assaulted the woman in the 5200 block of Waterway Drive, according to Prince William County Police.

The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Wanted for malicious wounding, domestic assault and battery and grand larceny is Raquese Laquwan Harris, 24, of the 8200 block of Springwood Meadow Lane in Lorton.

He's described as black, 5-11, 160 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and last seen with a goatee.

Shortly after 9:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a domestic assault that occurred earlier that night in which a 23-year-old woman got into a fight with Harris, was punched in the face, after which Harris took her iPad and car keys before leaving the area.

She called her friend, a 30-year-old Woodbridge man, to come pick her up but before he arrived Harris returned to the scene and again began arguing with the woman. When the friend got there, Harris got a baseball bat from his car and began using it to repeatedly hit the victim in the head.

Harris then left and the woman took her friend to the hospital and called police.

Photo: Prince William County Police