Police identify suspect who stabbed Virginia pastor, injured others during Bible study

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Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, Virginia, July 2020 | Screenshot: ABC News

Police in Virginia’s Fairfax County identified the suspect who stabbed two persons, including a church pastor while he was leading a Bible study. The county police chief, who was attending the church event, took down the suspect.

Chance Harrison, 32, of South Riding was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, one count of felony assault on a police officer and one count of misdemeanor assault after stabbing Associate Pastor Sean Clemons and another man who intervened at Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly. Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler was also injured while subduing the suspect.

Before his sermon on Sunday, Senior Pastor Brett Fuller, who also serves as a chaplain to Washington, D.C.’s NFL franchise, called it a “horrific event” and said he was “grateful for the courage exhibited that prevented worse from happening.”

“Two church members came to the pastor’s aid and valiantly risked their own lives to defend him. In the process, one of our…

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