Police found nothing suspicious after using a bomb squad robot to investigate a suspicious vehicle on the 300 block of Independence Avenue SW, south of the National Mall.
Several roads were closed for the investigation. Drivers saw heavy traffic nearby.
Independence Avenue is closed between Washington Avenue and 4th Street. Maryland Avenue is closed between Garfield Circle and Independence Avenue.
First Street is closed between Independence Avenue and Peace Circle, and southbound 3rd Street is closed at Jefferson Drive.
Video from the scene appears to show a bomb squad robot positioned near a minivan, which had all its doors and trunk open.
U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. police bomb squad assisted in the investigation.
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