Police say man in pickup near Capitol claims he has a bomb

A man sitting in a black pickup truck outside the Library of Congress told police that he has a bomb, prompting a massive law enforcement response to determine whether it was an operable device, law enforcement authorities say.

Police evacuated multiple buildings around the Capitol after officers observed the man holding what appeared to be a detonator, US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger says. The man’s name was not immediately disclosed.

Police negotiators are communicating with him as he writes notes and shows them to authorities from inside the truck, according to three people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.

“My negotiators are hard at work trying to have a peaceful resolution to this incident,” Manger says. “We’re trying to get as much information as we can to find a way to peacefully resolve this.”