National Guard intervenes as suspect swings foot-long kitchen knife in violent DC street brawl

October 17, 2025

National Guard intervenes as suspect swings foot-long kitchen knife in violent DC street brawl

Former ABC senior national correspondent Terry Moran argued Thursday that President Donald Trump’s U.S. National Guard deployment and federalization of D.C. police are all for show.

Members of the National Guard helped break up a violent street brawl in Southeast Washington, D.C. , Wednesday night after a woman allegedly stabbed a man with a 12-inch kitchen knife.

Tiana Robinson, 31, of Southeast, D.C., was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Kenneth Evans, 29, of Southeast, D.C., was charged with simple assault.

Just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, MPD officers and members of the National Guard responded to a brawl after being flagged down by a concerned citizen.

National Guard members and a Metropolitan Police Department vehicle at a staging area inside the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Washington, D.C. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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During the fight, a man was stabbed in the hand with what he described as a foot-long kitchen knife, according to a court affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. He was later taken to Howard University Hospital for treatment.

Investigators said the confrontation started as the victim and his cousin were leaving a restaurant, heading to the Navy Yard Metro Station, and realized a man and woman were following them.