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USA Today's Virginia HQ was evacuated amid a heavy police response due to a mistaken report of a person with a weapon

Posted by Fin
Tags: usa.va, crime, media, evacuations, author.tom vanden brook, author.kevin johnson, author.ryan w miller, source.usa today, short read
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/07/usa-today-headquarters-evacuated-after-report-man-gun/1944136001/

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Title
'No evidence of any acts of violence.' USA TODAY headquarters evacuated after report of armed person
Authors
Tom Vanden Brook,, Kevin Johnson and, Ryan Miller
Word count
357 words

6 comments

  1. [6]
    Fin
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    Looks like it was just confirmed by https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1159151827537055744 that it was mistaken....

    Looks like it was just confirmed by https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1159151827537055744 that it was mistaken.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/07/usa-today-headquarters-evacuated-after-report-man-gun/1944136001/

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      alyaza
      Link Parent
      this is the second mass shooting scare in the past 24 or so hours. there was also one in times square earlier which looked like this.

      this is the second mass shooting scare in the past 24 or so hours. there was also one in times square earlier which looked like this.

      5 votes
      1. boredop
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        I actually witnessed the scare in Times Square. I was playing in a bar on 47th Street, right around the corner when it happened. Hundreds of people suddenly stampeded past the bar, running west on...

        I actually witnessed the scare in Times Square. I was playing in a bar on 47th Street, right around the corner when it happened. Hundreds of people suddenly stampeded past the bar, running west on 47th (away from Times Square). We all froze in place for a few minutes and assumed the worst. One customer panicked because his wife and kids were out in the street, caught up in the stampede. Pretty scary for a few minutes.

        5 votes
    2. [3]
      Deimos
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      I'll update the title, or do you think we should just delete this?

      I'll update the title, or do you think we should just delete this?

      2 votes
      1. cfabbro
        Link Parent
        It's definitely still newsworthy, as was the recent scare in NYC too, since they both speak to just how tense everyone in the US is right now regarding mass shootings, and so it probably shouldn't...

        It's definitely still newsworthy, as was the recent scare in NYC too, since they both speak to just how tense everyone in the US is right now regarding mass shootings, and so it probably shouldn't be deleted, IMO.

        4 votes
      2. Fin
        (edited )
        Link Parent
        Update the title maybe the link also? I know it was still "Breaking" and flashing at the top of NBC news when I first posted.

        Update the title maybe the link also? I know it was still "Breaking" and flashing at the top of NBC news when I first posted.

        2 votes