By Ella Mitchell, Contributing News Editor • July 12, 2024
Police shut down Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday
September 17, 2011
Early Saturday morning, the Metropolitan Police Department shut down the area around 25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue because of a suspicious package. The area was closed off for more than an hour and cars were diverted down 25th Street.
MPD installs flares at 25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, blocking cars from going into Georgetown at 12:20 a.m. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet PhotographerPolice block students from walking down penn ave on the corner of 25th Street. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet PhotographerA man lays on the street after a Metropolitan Police officer knocked him from his bike after the bicyclist attempted to pass the blockade. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet PhotographerCars drive away from 25th Street and Pennsylvania after police set up a barricade because of a suspicious package. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet Photographer