House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thanked the officials who responded to the incident in a statement later Thursday, writing: “The immense gratitude of the Congress is with all law enforcement officers who today and all days sacrifice to keep the Capitol Complex and those within it safe.” The Supreme Court was also evacuated on the recommendation of US Capitol Police, according to a spokesperson for the court, which is closed to the public because of Covid-19. The Senate and House are not in session, and most lawmakers are not currently in their offices. Those in Cannon were advised to relocate to the Longworth House Office Building using the Capitol’s underground tunnels. Staffers in the Madison and Jefferson buildings on Thursday were alerted by email to remain calm and relocate – and not to exit toward First Street. Two Library of Congress buildings – the Jefferson and the Madison – and the Cannon House Office Building were evacuated earlier Thursday due to a suspicious vehicle in the vicinity, according to alerts sent to staffers viewed by CNN. The pickup truck Roseberry drove to the scene does not have license plates, sources told CNN. Negotiators were in communication with Roseberry and were trying to come to a “resolution,” Manger told reporters at a press conference earlier Thursday near the Capitol. A man sitting in the pickup truck outside the Library of Congress has told police that he has a bomb, and that's led to a massive law enforcement response to determine whether it's an operable explosive device. ET, claiming he had a bomb and displayed what looked like a detonator to the officer on the scene, according to the chief.Ī pickup truck is parked on the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building, as seen from a window of the U.S. Roseberry drove a black pickup truck onto the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress at 9:15 a.m. Manger mentioned the loss during an earlier news conference, adding, “there were other issues that (Roseberry) was dealing with.” Roseberry’s mother recently died, which his son said may have added to his frustration. He said his father did not mention violence though, adding, “He just said, ‘I want to make a change.’” We need to get the country back to the way it was,’” he said. … I tried to tell him … ‘Who cares what goes on up there in DC? Worry about what you’ve got down here.’ I tried to tell him that and he’s like, ‘No, I’m sticking up for my country. “Since Biden got elected he’s just been like, man … he doesn’t like change, I reckon. “It was just a normal day, but it’s not.”Ĭhristopher Roseberry said his father expressed political frustrations with him after the November election. “He was home last night and I guess my stepmom woke up this morning and he was gone,” Christopher Roseberry told CNN. Roseberry’s son, Christopher Roseberry, told CNN on Thursday that he didn’t fully understand what motivated the actions of his father and that he didn’t know about his plans to go to Washington. In video posted Thursday, Roseberry called himself a “patriot.” He said he doesn’t care if Trump ever becomes president again but also that he thinks “all Democrats need to step down.” On Roseberry’s now-removed Facebook page, he frequently made pro-Trump posts and posted videos from Trump’s “Million MAGA March” on November 14. A roughly half-hour Facebook video showed him inside a truck, holding a cannister that he said was a bomb and speaking about a “revolution.” The video and Roseberry’s Facebook profile have since been removed. ![]() Roseberry had been live-streaming from the scene, Manger said. USCP Chief Tom Manger, who told reporters on Thursday that authorities couldn’t yet identify a motive, said that so far there is “no indication” Roseberry was acting with others. DC Police said in a tweet that the vehicle he was driving had been “cleared,” and that road closures near the scene have now been lifted. USCP said in a news release later Thursday that no bomb was found in Roseberry’s truck but that he did possess suspected bomb-making material. The incident prompted multiple buildings in the area to be evacuated Thursday as authorities responded to an “active bomb threat investigation,” the US Capitol Police wrote on Twitter. Police have identified the suspect as 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry of Grover, North Carolina. A man with a history of supporting former President Donald Trump and who has said “all Democrats need to step down” was arrested Thursday after an hours-long standoff near the US Capitol during which he claimed to have an explosive device.
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