Successful Intervention in Attempted Suicide

On the afternoon of June 5th, rangers were notified by Prince William County PD of an armed woman in the area who was considered to be a suicide risk. She’d last been seen an hour earlier in Quanitco National Cemetery, which is adjacent to the park. Shortly thereafter, rangers found her vehicle in a parking lot off Scenic Drive and closed the road. While the woman was talking on a cell phone to a county PD negotiator, rangers and officers were able to move in and safely take her into custody. The woman was found to be despondent over her long-term chemical dependence. She had in her possession a .38 revolver that she’d purchased earlier in the day.