Chaos struck the nation’s capitol Thursday when a suspicious item set off alarms and evacuations.
According to WDVM-TV, both the U.S. Treasury Building and the Hotel Washington were evacuated after reports of a suspicious item near the White House.
The Secret Service confirmed that the call about the suspicious item came in around 9:45 a.m. local time, and officers promptly responded.
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“The Metropolitan Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was also called to the scene and eventually determined that the area was safe,” WDVM notes.
Several roads were shut down during the investigation, and some still are closed, according to the Secret Service.
Details were “murky” about what exactly happened, at least according to YouTube news channel Next News Network:
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