Pair of Suspicious Packages Force Street, Metro Station Closures

Two different suspicious package investigations shut down several downtown streets and the Foggy Bottom Metro station today. The first, inside a bank in the 800 block of Pennsylvania Ave., was called in just after 11 a.m. and forced the partial closure of 9th, Pennsylvania and D Street in the area. That package has already been cleared. The second incident is an unclaimed suitcase in the Foggy Bottom Metro station, and police have since shut down the station itself, along with 23rd Street from G to I Streets and I Street from 21-23rd Streets NW. The Metro station remained closed as of about 3 p.m. UPDATE 3:56 p.m.: Foggy Bottom Metro and all related streets have been reopened.

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My suspicious packages are named James Westfall and Doctor Kenneth Noisewater.

Were either of them stimulus packages?

i'm always grateful that i can bike and walk home...

I feel for those poor dogs who have to smell the random shit that homeless people randomly leave around the city. Where is PETA in all of this?

Probably too distracted with Michael Vick coming to town.

I think there might have been one on the South Capitol Bridge too. It was a bit hairy this evening with cops parked all over the Southbound and Northbound lanes. Several were looking over the side, either for a suspicious package or a jumper I guess. Not sure what happened (about 4:00pm).

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