DC-Cannon House Bldg on lockdown-MSNBC [Update: gun was plastic]

MSNBC | 10/30/03 | MSNBC

[Diddle E. Squat]

Searching for a lone gunman

[nuffsenuff]

Yes it does. Mhking doesn't know what he's talking about.

[theFIRMbss]

>Officer Barbie from South Park?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

When I visited DC, the security female were so fat they would not been able to catch a person with one leg.

[abigailsmybaby]

LOL

[TexKat]

I'm sure cops took steps so the perps couldn't sneak out with the "staffers," right?!

I'll give you a little time to think about it.

[camle]

alright already!! I yam ever SOOOOO Sorry I bought up the I-305 thing. willyez EVER forgive me?????!!!;-)

[abigailsmybaby]

Or offend someone.

[nuffsenuff]

That's US Route 1.

You weren't paying attention to the signs.

[Rutles4Ever]

Hope it isn't one of the pink ladies--met up with them while holding up an I Support our Troops and our President sign in front of the White House this earlier this year! Yeah, that Rizzo is a total bee-atch!

[Dog]

You going to argue all day about if a stupid road goes thru DC.....

[Cooter]

per Fox, 2 suspects in custody with toy gun

[Mo1]

FNC is reporting that the 2 people were found

And it was a TOY GUN!

[TomGuy]

Brian Wilson: 2 suspects taken into custody. A toy gun found on one of them. They were apprehended on 5th floor of Cannon Office building.

[No Blue States]

lol!

glad i only have I-35 and I-20 here!
what a maze that map looked like.

[TomServo]

Was there a shooting or just a kid waving a 'toy' gun around?

Well - it looks like you have the 'toy' part right. Congrats!

[retrokitten]

Hope it isn't one of the pink ladies--...

Because then the T-birds are going to show up and there's going to be a rumble!

[nuffsenuff]

Until there are further developments on the gunman... probably. I'm bored.

[76834]

Fox just reported that they got em......

[July 4th]

Toy gun. Must have been a 5' 3" 130 pound 9-year-old.

[mhking]

From http://www.aaroadtrips.com/district_of_columbia.html about I-395:

Interstate 395 is the original route of Interstate 95; it was created when Interstate 95 was moved to the Capital Beltway when the northern section was canceled. Interstate 395 is the main freeway connection to the government district. The highway carries six to eight lanes with a two lane reversal HOV-2 roadway within the median. Interstate 395 serves the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, while passing underneath the U.S. Capital area and National Mall in central Washington. The highway ends unceremoniously as U.S. 1 and 50 at New York Avenue.

From the same site regarding I-295:

Known as the Anacostia Freeway (because of the river it parallels), Interstate 295 provides an alternate to the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway. The freeway overall is four lanes, with many slip ramps serving communities in southeastern Washington. The designation ends at the junction of the Southeast Freeway and D.C. 295. The Interstate designation does not continue northward do to the non-Interstate standard conditions that exist for the highway there.

The route was planned to cross the Anacostia River and continue northward to the never-built Interstate 95. Patr of this route was proposed to be constructed as late as 1998, as part of the Barney Circle Freeway. However, the Barney Circle Freeway and bridge was dropped due to vehement opposition, so now Interstate 295 ends at the Southeast Freeway/Pennsylvania Avenue overpass. District of Columbia 295 begins at this point and continues north toward the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

I've studied the roads there pretty damn extensively, back when I lived there. I know where they go.