Street Closures Around Capitol for Suspicious Vehicle

The Senate side plaza of the U.S. Capitol is currently closed while U.S. Capitol Police investigate a suspicious vehicle in the area. Constitution Avenue between First Street NW and First Street NE is also closed. There were some early, unconfirmed reports that police may have found a dead body inside a vehicle, but we've since learned that the Capitol Police took the time to make an announcement over the press gallery loudspeakers that there has in fact not been a body a found. Police are still on the scene investigating, however.

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quick, everyone panic. an old jalopy has broken down near the capitol.

coincidence, or terror?!

we report, you freak out.

How the hell do these unconfirmed rumors get started? I mean, this sounds a lot like the rumors that would get started in middle school if something vaguely suspicious happened, for example:
"There's a weird car just parked in the parking lot?"... "Well, Steve said that there's a really gross dead body stashed inside"... "I heard that kid Joey in gym class killed someone, and then he totally stashed the body in a car somewhere so no one would find it"... etc. etc.

Looked clear to me when I walked by 1st and Const. about 20 minutes ago.

Did it have "Love" (ghetto-style) painted on the side?

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