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Police search for suspects after man stabbed on Springfield sidewalk Police search for suspects after man stabbed on Springfield sidewalk
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A 19-year-old man was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a stabbing in Springfield Wednesday afternoon, Fairfax County police said. A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death in Springfield on Wednesday afternoon, Fairfax County police said.
Officers were called to the scene in the 7400 block of Loughboro Lane shortly after 1:45 p.m., police said. The victim was stabbed on a sidewalk, and two suspects fled the scene in a blue, four-door Toyota or Honda. They were last seen heading northbound on Franconia-Springfield Parkway. Shaki Ezekiel Phillip was attacked on a sidewalk on the 7400 block of Loughboro Lane shortly after 1:45 p.m., police said.
Police said the incident initially appears to be drug related and that the victim and the suspects likely knew each other. The suspects are described as being in their late teens or early 20s and have dark skin. Police said that two suspects in their late teens fled in a blue four-door Toyota or Honda. They were last seen heading northbound on Franconia-Springfield Parkway.
No additional details were immediately available. Police said that the incident initially appears to be drug related and that the victim and the suspects likely knew each other.
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