Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital shows how a mass stabbing incident on a Virginia highway began. (Credit: Broadcastify and WTTG) The suspect in a highway "road rage incident" Sunday that left one woman and a dog dead and several other women wounded was a Foreign Service Officer, the State Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.

The incident prompted a shutdown of the highway and a heavy police presence in the area. At least two people died Sunday in Virginia when a highway "road rage incident" reportedly spiraled into a violent mass stabbing, authorities said.

A knife-wielding maniac stabbed three people during a clash on the side of a Virginia highway Sunday -- before a state trooped shot him in the chest.