The U.S. Capitol Police evacuated their headquarters early Tuesday afternoon, after a truck approached a kiosk near the building on D Street NE and was declared suspicious.
Capitol Police blocked off the 100 block of D Street NE shortly after noon, "after a K9 indicated interest on the vehicle," USCP said in a social media post.
The truck was not following protocols for entering the U.S. Capitol Complex, the USCP said in a statement emailed to News4.
The USCP HQ was evacuated "out of an abundance of caution," the social media statement said.
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Police held up the truck and interviewed the driver.
An officer also saw a suitcase in the bed of the truck, on top of some plastic wrap, the statement said. That suitcase was examined as a "suspicious package," which police x-rayed.
No hazardous materials were found inside that suitcase or the suitcases inside the truck. Police also released the driver after the interview.
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USCP gave the all-clear just after 3 p.m.
