Suspicious package shuts down DC's Union Station
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Police have ordered passengers out of Washington's Union Station while officers investigate a report of a suspicious package.
Metro police tweeted that they are assisting Amtrak police in investigating the package, which was reported Wednesday afternoon. A District of Columbia police spokesman says city officers are also on the scene.
Thousands of commuters and train passengers were waiting outside the station amid a swarm of police cars.
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Commuter rail services to Maryland and Virginia reported that all trains were being held at the station.
Metro said its trains were still stopping at the station.