A North Carolina man is in custody after police told him he moved to Washington, D.C. and closed off parts of the nation's capital after telling police he had a bomb.
The Gray Television Washington News Bureau was there when police say the truck, which is believed to belong to Floyd Ray Roseberry, was towed away hours after the standoff began.
It all started after 9 a.m. Thursday when they say Roseberry parked her car on the sidewalk outside the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.
US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger explained, "The driver of the truck told the responding officer at the scene that he had a bomb." Law enforcement evacuated the Jefferson Building and the Cannon House office building. People were asked to take shelter in another library building, the Madison Building.
Roseberry posted a video on Facebook in which he was seen holding what looked like a large canister. In the video, Roseberry also talked about wanting President Biden and other Democrats to step down. He claimed he was not acting alone and that four other explosive devices were placed around Washington, D.C. Police say they found no evidence to support that claim.
After a standoff of about five hours, Roseberry handed himself over to the police.
"We tried to negotiate with Mr. Roseberry," Manger explained. "We first started doing that with a whiteboard writing messages back and forth ... He got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and tactical units took him into custody."
Most legislators weren't on Capitol Hill because it's an August holiday, so most people are affected by the lockdown and evacuation where Capitol Hill or the Library of Congress staff is.
This is the second major security incident near the Capitol after the January 6 riots. In April, a man broke into Capitol barricades and stabbed two officers, after which they were fatally shot. Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans was killed in that attack.
Capitol Police say investigators are working closely with the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia to determine charges.