Find Your Daily Voice
Montgomery
Your Local News for Montgomery County, Maryland
Saturday, jun 1
79°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Montgomery
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
79°
Saturday, jun 1
Tag:
Wheaton Mall, MD
Police & Fire
Hours-long Standoff At Wheaton Mall Ends With Suspect In Custody; Store To Stay Closed
The barricaded suspect who went through an hours-long standoff with police at a Maryland mall has been taken into custody, authorities announced. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday to JC Penney at the Wheaton Mall, where a person barricaded themselves inside the store, which had to be evacuated. For hours, police and SWAT teams swarmed around the store in an attempt to resolve the situation peacefully, and at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, the agency said that the barricaded suspect has been taken into custody. MCPD h…