Hostage Situation Gridlocks D.C. Traffic

[Danzig]

Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004 - 11:08 AM

<!-- ========================== STORY BODY ================================= -->WASHINGTON - It appears two people being held hostage at a Ride Aid drug store in Northwest have been rescued by the SWAT team.

Video from WTTG shows two women being escorted separately from the store. One was wearing a store smock.

A gunmen is believed to still be inside the store at 15th and L Streets.

The situation has traffic gridlocked near 15th Street.

WTOP Traffic reports 15th, L and K Streets are closed.

K Street is closed in each direction between 15th and Vermont Avenue.

L Street is shut down between 16th Street and Vermont Avenue.

15th Street is closed between K Street and M Street.

M street is open. Traffic is going one way westbound after Thomas Circle toward New Hampshire Avenue.

The situation has been going on since just before 8 a.m. Tuesday when police received a call about an attempted robbery at the Rite Aid in the 1,000 block of 15th Street, between K and L Streets.

WTOP's Brennan Haselton reports from the scene that someone inside the store with a cell phone was able to call police. There are no reports of anyone being injured.

[crabcake]

Doesn't Catt work up that way?

[cattitude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by crabcake

Doesn't Catt work up that way?

I'm at 20th. I know exactly where that Rite Aid is. Used to work right around the corner. It's near the Washington Post and the Post Pub.

[unixpirate]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004 - 11:08 AM

<!-- ========================== STORY BODY ================================= -->WASHINGTON - It appears two people being held hostage at a Ride Aid drug store in Northwest have been rescued by the SWAT team.

Video from WTTG shows two women being escorted separately from the store. One was wearing a store smock.

A gunmen is believed to still be inside the store at 15th and L Streets.

The situation has traffic gridlocked near 15th Street.

WTOP Traffic reports 15th, L and K Streets are closed.

K Street is closed in each direction between 15th and Vermont Avenue.

L Street is shut down between 16th Street and Vermont Avenue.

15th Street is closed between K Street and M Street.

M street is open. Traffic is going one way westbound after Thomas Circle toward New Hampshire Avenue.

The situation has been going on since just before 8 a.m. Tuesday when police received a call about an attempted robbery at the Rite Aid in the 1,000 block of 15th Street, between K and L Streets.

WTOP's Brennan Haselton reports from the scene that someone inside the store with a cell phone was able to call police. There are no reports of anyone being injured.

I was smack in the middle of that crap.. Sucked!

[DoWhat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by unixpirate

I was smack in the middle of that crap.. Sucked!

ha ha

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cattitude

I'm at 20th. I know exactly where that Rite Aid is. Used to work right around the corner. It's near the Washington Post and the Post Pub.

Glad to hear you are ok...

Investigators are still searching the area for the gunman who apparently escaped.

Originally Posted by cattitude

I'm at 20th. I know exactly where that Rite Aid is. Used to work right around the corner. It's near the Washington Post and the Post Pub.

I use to go to that store often when I worked up there. I worked at 15th and L Street.

Originally Posted by justhangn

makes the story sound like ?

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by justhangn

double ... This place amazes me sometimes...