Officers went to the 800 block of N. Burlington Street to investigate the reported discharge of a flare gun at a house, the police said.
A house in Arlington exploded Dec. 4 as police approached to investigate the discharge of a flare gun. An explosion that tore apart a house in Arlington, Va., on Monday night is believed to have killed its 56-year-old resident, who had been involved in a standoff with police officers before the blast, authorities said Tuesday.
They eventually got a warrant to look for weapons in the house, but attempts to contact the suspect were still unsuccessful, Penn said. Officers then breached the front door of the home. At that point, the officers believe that gunshots came from the residence, Penn said. He said officers then deployed “nonflammable” chemical irritants in an unsuccessful effort to flush the person out of the home. The explosion occurred after the officers retreated.
Arlington County Police spokeswoman Ashley Savage said police received a call about 4:45 p.m. Monday about a flare gun being fired at a home on the 800 block of Burlington Street. Video posted online showed one or two orange flares, of the sort used to summon help or signal an emergency, arcing up into the air around dusk, before settling to the ground. Police later said in a statement that the suspect fired the flare gun 30 or 40 times from his home into the neighborhood.
Police were seen repeatedly saying “come out” to the person inside the Arlington house on Dec. 4 before the explosion.
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