In a week where one Metro car tragically and fatally rear-ended another, the nation’s Democrats passed a sweeping energy reform bill after a nasty floor fight and an extremely close vote, riots and renewed debates continued to explode in Tehran, Eastern Market reopened (with A/C) and the world bid fare-thee-well to Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson, an Alexandria man was picked up after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms accused him making many, many guns fall off the back of many, many trucks.
Also:
Montgomery County roads closed, PD gathering due to a man barricading himself inside an apartment.
Montgomery County PD desk duty hours waning, according to Montgomery PD officials.
US Park police officers involved in last month’s fatal shooting of a man in the Trinidad neighborhood have been placed on paid leave.
And finally, this Washington Post article explains how two men were arrested during the week for murders that occurred in the late 1990s. Each of these crimes, much like the tallboys we’ve got ready to wash away an odd and troubling week, was known as a cold case.
