WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police are searching for a man accused of robbing a woman in the parking lot of an elementary school in Woodbridge Tuesday evening.
Officers with the Prince William County Police Department responded to Kyle Wilson Elementary School, located on Liberty Hill Court, around 6:53 p.m. to investigate a robbery.
Police determined that a 47-year-old woman was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot when she was approached by an unknown man armed with a knife. During the incident, the suspect pushed the woman before getting into her vehicle and trying to drive away. When the woman refused to let the man leave, he grabbed the woman's backpack and ran away.
Officers also learned that shortly before the incident, the suspect tried to get into the woman's car and when he was not successful he waited behind another vehicle for the victim to come. No injuries were reported from the incident.
A police K-9 and Fairfax County police helicopter searched for the suspect, but he was not located. The man has been described as an approximately 5'3" man of medium build. He was last seen wearing a shirt over his face, a grey shirt, and black pants.
