20 Jan 2012

While you were sleeping: Virginia car chase ends in Hill East neighborhood

Did the sound of helicopters hovering overhead affect you or your pet’s sleeping habits on Thursday night? According to a news report from WUSA Channel 9, the 1200 block of Potomac Avenue was the end scene of a Virginia car chase.

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The suspect was apprehended by Metropolitan Police after a barricade situation, which shutdown several streets, including many south of the Potomac Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue intersection.

According to WUSA, the suspect had several felony warrants on his record, and when Fairfax police attempted to pull over the suspect, it resulted in a cross-district chase, leading police from Arlington, across the Wilson Bridge and to the I-295/Southwest-Southeast Freeway. The chase ended when the suspect bailed out of his vehicle in the Hill East neighborhood.

The Metropolitan Police Twitter stream reported that the suspect was apprehended and traffic reopened by 6 a.m. this morning.

Did anyone hear the helicopter, see the suspect or witness the police barricade? Leave comments in the post or send photos to our Flick pool.

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One response to “While you were sleeping: Virginia car chase ends in Hill East neighborhood”

  1. Andrea says:

    I watched the helicopters circling overhead from my front windows at 15th and Kentucky from about 10:20 until I went up to bed around 11:30. Although it was a bit disconcerting, it was amusing seeing other residents and pedestrians scrambling to get out of the way of the floodlights.

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