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.

Suspicious package McFaddens — MPD installs flares at 25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, blocking cars from going into Georgetown at 12:20 a.m. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet Photographer

Suspicious package McFaddens 2 — Police block students from walking down penn ave on the corner of 25th Street. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet Photographer

Suspicious package McFaddens 3 — A 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 Photographer

Suspicious package McFaddens 4 — Cars drive away from 25th Street and Pennsylvania after police set up a barricade because of a suspicious package. Gabriella Demczuk | Staff Hatchet Photographer