Headline Roundup • August 19th, 2021
Man Surrenders Peacefully After Bomb Threat Near Library of Congress
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A man who claimed to have a bomb in his pickup truck near the Library of Congress Thursday surrendered to police after several hours of negotiations. The U.S. Capitol Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) responded to the threat near the library in Washington D.C. Thursday. Police say a suspect identified as Floyd Ray Roseberry parked in front of the library's Thomas Jefferson Building Thursday morning and told police he had a bomb; Roseberry apparently posted live videos from inside the truck to his Facebook page. Police say the suspect's motives remain unclear, and that he made anti-government statements. Both chambers of Congress are in recess, so few people were at the Capitol complex Thursday. Any individuals in the library and three nearby office buildings were evacuated .
Outlets on all sides of the media spectrum are covering this story prominently. Left- and center-rated sources sometimes mentioned that Washington D.C. police have been on high alert since the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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CNN Digital
A suspect who claimed to have an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol has surrendered to authorities, two law enforcement sources tell CNN.
The incident prompted multiple buildings in the area to be evacuated midday Thursday as authorities responded to an "active bomb threat investigation," the US Capitol Police wrote on Twitter.
A man drove a black pickup truck onto the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress at 9:15 a.m. ET, claiming he had a bomb and displayed what looked like a detonator to the officer on...
Heavy.com
Ray Roseberry was identified as the North Carolina man streaming on Facebook Live while talking about Joe Biden and revolution from a truck during an active bomb threat investigation near the Library of Congress.
You can watch the videos throughout this article. The Facebook page has now been taken down. His full name is Floyd Ray Roseberry, 49, from Grover, North Carolina, although he went by Ray Roseberry on Facebook. A photo from the scene showed that he threw money out of the pickup truck as parts of the Capitol complex were...
Fox News Digital
The suspect who authorities say claimed to have a bomb in his pickup truck Thursday morning is in police custody hours after parking his vehicle in front of Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress – prompting evacuations and lockdowns in the area, Fox News can confirm.
The suspect, identified as North Carolina resident Floyd Ray Roseberry from Grover, was taken into police custody at about 2:30 p.m. local time – more than five hours after police received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the area of Independence Avenue and First Street, sources...
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