MPD Arrests Suspect in Northeast Stabbing

[Press, MPD (MPD)]

August 1, 2025

 

MPD Arrests Suspect in Northeast Stabbing

  

(Washington, D.C.) – The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a woman in an assault with a dangerous weapon that occurred in Northeast.

 

On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 4:41 a.m., First District officers responded to the 300 block of Maryland Avenue, Northeast, for a report of a stabbing. The suspect brandished a knife, stabbed an adult female, before fleeing the scene. DC Fire and EMS transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

 

As a result of detectives’ investigation, 27-year-old Devyn Cyphers of Alexandria, VA, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Knife).

 

CCN: 25115775

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