Victim of beltway stabbing incident dies
The Virginia State Police reports that a 39-year-old woman who had been stabbed has died from her injuries following a road rage incident on the beltway in Annandale. The suspect died after being shot by a trooper.
The stabbing incident occurred at about 1:20 p.m. following a crash on the outer loop southbound near the Little River Turnpike exit. Three other stabbing victims were located at the scene. A dog was also stabbed and is deceased.
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When a Virginia State Police trooper arrived on the scene, he was confronted by a male suspect carrying a knife. The trooper then shot the suspect in self-defense. The trooper was not injured.
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the Fairfax Field Office is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
According to the VSP, “This incident is not believed to be terrorism-related.”
The trooper involved in the incident is on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
UPDATE: March 2, 2026: The Virginia State Police identified the suspect as Jared Llamado, 32, of McLean. He worked for the State Department as a foreign service officer. The woman who died is Michelle Adams, 39. The other victims are Dana Bonnell, 36; Mary C. Flood, 37; and Heather Miller, 40. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
UPDATE: March 3: The preliminary investigation indicates that Llamado did not know the victims before the incident. None of the victims was in Llamado’s vehicle. The dog killed in the attack was owned by Llamado.
Ok, not terrorism related but what about stranger or known to the victims?!
This is so tragic and unfortunately all too common in our modern society. I hope the Va State Trooper will be fully exonerated! And I hope the 3 women will all recover and get all the medical and psychological assistance they may need to bounce back! I am sad that a dog also died in this stabbing but glad that the suspect is gone and cannot harm any more people, animals or the police just doing their job!
Amen! Thank you for your comment.
It is terrible that he stabbed four women, killing one of them. Why did he also stab his own dog?
My son was on the beltway when this occurred, and he reported what he saw to the police: The woman was driving in the left lane of 495 when the man drove into the back of her at a high rate of speed. She moved right, crossing lanes of traffic, and he pursued, hitting her car two more times before they both stopped on the shoulder.
No info on what happened to cause him to chase her down.
Road rage gone mad (and fatal)? .
I think there is more to this story than officials are releasing. The report states that the assailant worked for the State Department as a foreign service officer. Would be good to know where. Was he radicalized wherever he was stationed outside of the country? Or was it a racial attack? We were chased around Alexandria one night by a crazy psycho woman from North Carolina who accused us of cutting her off in traffic. I finally called 911 and we decided to get back on I-395 so state police cameras could see us since Alexandria police were nowhere to be found. She finally broke off the harassment. Now I understand why law-abiding people feel the need to carry a personal firearm. Northern VA is no longer a nice place to live.
The only people who stopped to help were women?. So many people recorded etc but only ladies helped. Says a lot!!!!!!