Exterior of Comet Ping Pong photographed in Washington, DC. (Photo by Deb Lindsey For The Washington Post).
D.C. Police responding Sunday to a report of a gunman at a popular pizza restaurant in Northwest Washington detained a man armed with an assault rifle, according to a police spokeswoman.
Police received a call about a man with a weapon a just before 3 p.m., said Aquita Brown, a spokeswoman for the department. Officers responded to the scene at Comet Ping Pong, a pizza restaurant on Connecticut Avenue with ping-pong tables that is popular with families.
She said a weapon has been confirmed but there were no reports of injuries and no shots fired.
On social media, some people reported a man with a rifle:
There's a gunman at #comet pizza restaurant right now in #DC
— Charles Painter (@TweetN4ABeatN) December 4, 2016
MAN W/RIFLE AT COMET PIZZA, Connecticut Av and Nebraska Av NW-DC. MPD surrounding restaurant and may be calling SWAT-ERT.
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) December 4, 2016
u/d MAN w/RIFLE IN COMET PINGPONG, 5037 Ct Av- Man rpt'd inside rear room of Comet. SWAT-ERT en rte to cmd post at firehouse. Roads CLOSED.
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) December 4, 2016
Police Activity: Connecticut Ave between Fessenden St and Nebraska St NW Closed in both Directions. Please seek alternate route. // 10735
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) December 4, 2016