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| Gunplay in Springfield ends with 2 wounded men crashing car into a police cruiser | Gunplay in Springfield ends with 2 wounded men crashing car into a police cruiser |
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| Two people were found suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle that crashed into a police cruiser in Springfield on Wednesday night after a bizarre series of events, Fairfax County police said. | |
| The incident began shortly after 10 p.m., as officers were staking out a home in the 7500 block of Tralee Woods Court, intending to serve an arrest warrant for reckless discharge of a firearm, police said. Officers saw three men enter the house, none of which was the wanted man, Rashad James. Later, officers said they heard a gunshot inside the home, police said. | The incident began shortly after 10 p.m., as officers were staking out a home in the 7500 block of Tralee Woods Court, intending to serve an arrest warrant for reckless discharge of a firearm, police said. Officers saw three men enter the house, none of which was the wanted man, Rashad James. Later, officers said they heard a gunshot inside the home, police said. |
| Three men then ran from the home and got into two cars and drove away, police said. The information was relayed to officers on nearby Creedmor Drive, who pulled out in their cruiser and attempted to stop a car coming down the road, police said. A second car then plowed into the police cruiser. Officers stopped both vehicles thinking they were both connected to the Tralee Woods Court address, but only one was. | Three men then ran from the home and got into two cars and drove away, police said. The information was relayed to officers on nearby Creedmor Drive, who pulled out in their cruiser and attempted to stop a car coming down the road, police said. A second car then plowed into the police cruiser. Officers stopped both vehicles thinking they were both connected to the Tralee Woods Court address, but only one was. |
| Police said the driver of the first vehicle refused police commands to get out of his car. After an hour of negotiations, the man was pepper-sprayed but still did not exit the car. Finally, after officers approached the car behind a ballistic shield, the man exited the vehicle, police said. After an investigation, officers determined the man was not associated with the Tralee Woods Court address that officers were staking out and was released. | |
| The driver and the passenger of the car that hit the cruiser had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, police said. | |
| Police also stopped a third vehicle, which actually contained the other man who had fled the Tralee Woods Court address. | Police also stopped a third vehicle, which actually contained the other man who had fled the Tralee Woods Court address. |
| An investigation later determined one of the men inside the Tralee Woods Court home had accidentally discharged a gun and the bullet struck one man in the hand and the second in the leg. | An investigation later determined one of the men inside the Tralee Woods Court home had accidentally discharged a gun and the bullet struck one man in the hand and the second in the leg. |
| When all three men ran out of the home, they were intending to go to the hospital for treatment, police said. | When all three men ran out of the home, they were intending to go to the hospital for treatment, police said. |
| No charges have been filed in relation to Wednesday night’s events. |