Man Assaults, Injures Employee Inside Buckingham Business: Arlington Police

ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County Police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man they say assaulted an employee at a Buckingham area business on Tuesday night, authorities say.

Officers responded just before 7 p.m. for the report of an assault with injury at a business in the 300 block of North Glebe Road.

Investigators determined that a man had become irate after an employee struck up a conversation with him. The man then assaulted the employee, knocking him to the ground, before leaving the business on foot, according to police.

The employee was treated for non-life-threatening injuries by medics at the scene, according to the incident report. The officers searched the area, but failed to locate the suspect.

Police described the suspect as a Black man with facial hair, who stood approximately 5-foot-11 to 6-foot-1 in height. He was wearing black joggers, white socks and black sneakers.