Police standoff with armed woman in Virginia stretches into second day; part of highway closed

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Police standoff with armed woman in Virginia stretches into second day; part of highway closed
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An armed woman barricaded herself inside a car in Alexandria, Virginia, for over a day as her standoff with police kept part of a major highway shut down.

Fairfax County police said in its latest update to the standoff around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday that “the situation remains unchanged.” Police said previously that “we continue to work to peacefully resolve this situation.”

Crisis negotiators and a mental health clinician continued to speak with the woman, who police identified as a missing person. Police believe the woman barricading herself is a missing Maryland woman found Tuesday morning.

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