Heavily armed police quickly responded to a “barricade incident” at the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, on Wednesday. The road outside the headquarters was closed in both directions as Fairfax County Police arrived at the scene. The incident began around 10 a.m. and the Fairfax County Police Department posted an alert about a road closure outside the CIA headquarters. The Special Operations Division of the Fairfax County Police was also on-site to assist. The CIA confirmed an ongoing incident outside their headquarters around 1:24 pm.
There were no reports of shots fired, but some local news stations mentioned an armed individual in a mental health crisis in the area earlier. The incident occurred just a day after the Trump administration released newly unredacted files on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Law enforcement officials responded to reports of an armed individual near the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. The headquarters was placed on lockdown while a SWAT team and other agencies arrived at the scene. According to reports, a man brandished a handgun towards the CIA headquarters but no shots were fired, and no injuries were reported. The Fairfax County Police Bomb Squad was also present at the location.
Reports indicated that the incident involved an armed individual experiencing a mental health crisis on CIA property just outside the heavily guarded headquarters, which is not accessible to the public. The situation is ongoing and updates will follow as more information becomes available.
