Police are searching the area around the Courthouse Metro station for a suspect who reportedly threatened another rider on a Metro train with a weapon.
The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Arlington County Police and Metro Transit Police are on the scene, trying to get to the bottom of what happened. According to initial reports, the suspect was armed with either a gun or a knife and is still at large.
A photo (below) shared by a Twitter user and retweeted by the account Unsuck DC Metro shows a police officer with a gun drawn and a woman with her hands in the air at the station.
Intense situation currently (sent by my wife) #Courthouse @unsuckdcmetro @dcmetrosucks pic.twitter.com/0NL0JirZHx
— Kyle Cotner (@kylecotner) August 1, 2018