7:30 p.m. update: police will be in the area to talk to witnesses again at 7 a.m. Friday.

11:30 a.m. update: police say the search for the suspect is ongoing

4 p.m. update: police are boosting patrols in the area as the search continues.

VIENNA, VA—Police are investigating a stabbing near the Vienna/Fairfax Metro Thursday morning before 8 a.m. The incident occurred on a path near Vaden and Sprague Avenue, just south of the Metro station.

Police say a man approached a 21-year-old woman from on a walking trail and stabbed her in the neck. The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries and is in the hospital.