McLean Officer Saves a Life

Posted on March 12, 2015 by FCPD Public Affairs Bureau

Officer Issa

Officer Sharif Issa was on his way back to the McLean District station when he was called to a report of a car on fire in the parking lot of the American Legion at 1355 Balls Hill Road in McLean on Friday, March 6 at around 3:30 p.m.

The car had apparently struck a tree next to the parking lot and flames were quickly spreading.

Witnesses informed the officer that a man was still inside the car.

The officer urged the man to get out of the car but the man appeared confused and did not seem to know what was going on. The officer grabbed him by the hand and helped him get out of the car and walked him away to safety.

Upon further interaction with the man, the officer became suspicious that he may be intoxicated.

Officer Issa conducted a series of sobriety tests and subsequently charged the 38-year-old Maryland man with DWI and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.