Suspect Arrested in Stabbing Sunday in Rose Hill: Police

PHOTO: John Mercado, suspect in stabbing; FCPD photo

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Police have charged a man in a stabbing that took place Sunday in the Rose Hill area that sent a 26-year old man to the hospital.

Police responded Sunday just before 5 p.m. to the 4500 block of Apple Tree Drive for the report of a man with blood on him, police said Tuesday.

Officers arrived, located a 26-year-old man and quickly realized he had been stabbed in a lower extremity, police said.

A rescue team transported the victim to Inova Fairfax Hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Detectives determined that a group of individuals, known to each other, got into a verbal argument that escalated into a physical fight. During that altercation, the victim was stabbed, police said.

See also: Fatal Stabbing in Rose Hill Area

Through further investigation, detectives identified John Mercado, 19, of Ben Franklin Court in Springfield as a suspect. Mercado was arrested on Monday, March 28. He was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and charged with malicious wounding. He is being held without bond.

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Police say the fight took place Sunday in the 4500 block of Apple Tree Drive in the Rose Hill area: