UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): Well, I suppose we can chuck this one into the pudding pile.

UPDATE: D.C. Fire and EMS have now left the scene, and are turning over the investigation to police, though streets are apparently beginning to open back up. Pedestrian access to the area had been restricted during the investigation — Charles Allen, chief of staff for Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, tweeted that he was “stuck in the Reagan Building and security won’t let us in or near the Wilson Building.”

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…