Rest stop custodian stabbed, suspect steps in front of train

Investigators said the man who stabbed a custodian multiple times about 6 a.m. Wednesday at a rest stop on westbound Interstate 66 outside Manassas later committed suicide. 

From Virginia State Police: 

The investigation into an assault at a Prince William County Interstate 66 Rest Area Wednesday (July 13, 2016) has led Virginia State Police to an individual who died in Warren County later that same morning.

At 6:22 a.m., Wednesday (July 13, 2016), Virginia State Police responded to a call for a medical emergency at the Interstate 66 westbound Rest Area in Prince William County. Upon arrival, troopers discovered one of the custodians who worked at the Rest Area, a 60-year- old Woodbridge, Va., man, had been stabbed multiple times. The man was transported by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

At 8:27 a.m., Virginia State Police responded to a railroad crossing at Payne Lane off of Stonewall Jackson Highway in Warren County’s Bentonville community. A male subject had stepped in front of an oncoming train. The train was unable to stop in time and Khalif R. Privott, 21, of Manassas, Va., died at the scene. Privott’s abandoned vehicle was recovered at the scene.

Through the course of the investigation and evidence collected at the scene in Warren County, Virginia State Police special agents have identified Privott as the subject responsible for the attack at the I-66 The investigation into the attack and suicide remain ongoing by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Fairfax Field Office and Virginia State Police Area 13 Office in Winchester.

Police are trying to determine if the two men knew each other, as well as the suspect’s motive, added Geller.