Police in Virginia continued negotiations on Wednesday morning with an armed, barricaded woman nearly 24 hours after the standoff began along a Fairfax-area highway highway.
According to the Fairfax County Police Department, the standoff began about 11 a.m. Tuesday when the woman barricaded herself inside a car in Alexandria, a northern Virginia city just outside of Washington, D.C.
"We are still on scene of the barricade in the 7400 of Richmond Hwy. A woman remains in a vehicle armed with a handgun," the department tweeted about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday."Richmond Hwy remains closed between Lockheed and Boswell ." Crisis negotiators and special operations division members continue to work to peacefully resolve this barricade, the agency reported.
We are still on scene of the barricade in the 7400 blk of Richmond Hwy. A woman remains in a vehicle armed with a handgun. Richmond Hwy remains closed between Lockheed Blvd and Boswell Ave. This closure will impact rush hour traffic. Please avoid the area.
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