Update 6:23 p.m.

Police have arrested and charged a suspect, 48-year-old Dorsey Lee Mack III, in connection with the Tuesday morning attack at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, according to a statement from D.C. police. Mack has been charged with assault with intent to kill.

Police say that at 9:12 a.m. on Tuesday, Mack intentionally struck a female security guard with his SUV as she was walking near the National Shrine. A male security guard then came to help the first victim, and Mack attempted to hit them both, the statement says. Mack then got out of the car, took out a knife, and stabbed the male security guard before fleeing the scene, per the statement.

DC Fire and EMS took the two victims to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police said. The statement confirms that the offense was “domestic in nature.”

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On Tuesday morning, a suspect attacked two security guards at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, allegedly striking one with his vehicle and stabbing another.

D.C. police received a call just before 9:14 a.m. Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department.

The suspect allegedly struck a female guard with a Lincoln Navigator and pinned her against another vehicle, said MPD Assistant Chief Jeffrey Carroll at a press conference. The suspect then got out of the car and stabbed a male security guard inside the National Shrine, Carroll said. No visitors or guests at the National Shrine were harmed, per police. The suspect has lacerations in his stomach area, per Carroll.

Police “believe there is some sort of domestic relationship between the female victim and the suspect,” Carroll said.

The suspect fled the scene to the 1300 block of Sheridan Street NW, where he lives, and barricaded himself in his home, Carroll said. The suspect gave himself up to police and was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries.

“We did establish communication with him,” Caroll said. “And sometimes we will use other people who are negotiators to communicate with those individuals to come to a peaceful resolution, which we were able to do here.”

Both victims are in stable condition, a police spokesperson said.

The suspect acted alone, and there is no known connection between the attack and the National Shrine, other than the guards who work there, per Carroll.

This story has been updated with additional comment from MPD and a National Shrine spokesperson. Barbara Sprunt contributed reporting to this story.