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Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (DEVELOPING) Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (DEVELOPING)
Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (Developing) Two people were taken into custody in Northwest DC following a standoff with members of the Metropolitan Police Department that led to several roads being closed in the area. The incident began shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday morning when an officer was flagged down regarding a possible armed robbery in the area of 8th Street and Florida Avenue NW that ended with two people running inside a building in the 2000 block of Georgia Avenue and barricading themselves inside. Members of the department's Emergency Response Team were able to breach building near Howard University - which was not in…