Barricade In Woodlawn Ends, Police Reopen Roads: Report

UPDATE 2:09 p.m.: Police say the barricade situation has ended and road closures will end once police equipment is removed.

WOODLAWN, MD — Police are on the scene of a barricade situation in Woodlawn after a man apparently tried to rob a check cashing store, according to a report.

WTOP reports that police shut down a stretch of Annapolis Road near the Capital Plaza shopping center Monday morning.

It does not appear anyone else is in the building with him, police say.

Update: barricade on Annapolis Rd is over. Road closures will be lifted once police equipment is removed. Will be shortly.
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) June 19, 2017

Prelim on barricade: armed suspect may be inside of a store in the 6400 blk of Annapolis Rd. No customers/employees believed inside.
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) June 19, 2017

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