WASHINGTON — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck
outside
the Library of Congress surrendered to police Thursday after hours of
negotiations and evacuations of several government buildings in the area.
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The man surrendered peacefully, Chief J. Thomas Manger of
the Capitol Police said at a news conference.
“As far as we can tell, it was just his decision to surrender,”
he said. Manger identified the man as Floyd Ray Roseberry and said it appeared
that he acted alone.
Roseberry, 49, drove a black pickup onto the sidewalk of the
Library of Congress about 9:15 Thursday morning, and officers then responded to
a disturbance call, Manger said.
When the police arrived, Roseberry said he had a bomb, and one
of the officers observed what appeared to be a detonator in his hand, Manger
said. The police spent hours negotiating with Roseberry, he said.
Manger told reporters that officers had observed items on
Roseberry’s truck that concerned them, including a propane gas container. The
police said later Thursday that no bomb was found, but “possible bomb-making
materials were collected from the truck.”
“We don’t know what his motives are at this time,” Manger said
earlier Thursday. He confirmed that some of the man’s remarks had been streamed
live on social media.
He said charges against Roseberry would be determined with the
US attorney’s office.
Roseberry, a resident of Grover, North Carolina, had been making
anti-government statements, according to a law enforcement official. Manger
said the police had spoken with members of Roseberry’s family.
Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Facebook, confirmed that the
company had taken down the man’s profile from the site and Instagram and
removed a post with a video that had been broadcast from the truck. In the
rambling video, he addresses President
Joe Biden, demanding to speak with him
or a representative.
The Metropolitan Police Department assisted “with the report of
an active bomb threat involving a suspicious vehicle,” and with evacuating the
area, according to spokesperson Alaina Gertz. The Supreme Court building was
evacuated shortly after 10 am, said Patricia McCabe, a spokesperson.
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