All Clear At USA Today HQ After Report Of Man With Weapon
MCLEAN, Va. (WJZ) — The northern Virginia office building that houses USA Today was evacuated for several hours Wednesday for what police said was an unsubstantiated report of an armed man.
Fairfax County Police originally responded to the report earlier Wednesday afternoon:
We are responding to reports of a man with weapon at the Gannett Building located at 7950 Jones Branch Drive in McLean. Please avoid the area, updates to follow #FCPD pic.twitter.com/cwz3c9wdUx
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) August 7, 2019
The building was evacuated, but Fairfax County Police confirmed that there is no evidence of injuries or violence at this time.
UPDATE: "We've concluded our search of the building. We don't have any evidence that a crime occurred. Our person of interest was located in another area of #FairfaxCounty & we're talking to them now. We're thankful that this was a non-event." Watch: https://t.co/HYOs6QGYVO #FCPD pic.twitter.com/WTplZFYJme
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) August 7, 2019
During the incident, the department set up a reunification center for those who had evacuated, but that center was no longer active once the threat had been determined to be a mistake, police said.
UPDATE: "We've concluded our search of the building. We don't have any evidence that a crime occurred. Our person of interest was located in another area of #FairfaxCounty & we're talking to them now. We're thankful that this was a non-event." Watch: https://t.co/HYOs6QGYVO #FCPD pic.twitter.com/WTplZFYJme
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) August 7, 2019