Residents across the area said they heard a loud bang and felt their homes shake.

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Before the blast in Arlington, Virginia, police said someone from inside the house had fired shots as officers tried to enter.

Police said earlier they had responded to reports of someone firing a flare gun from a residence on Monday night.

Officers on the scene reported only minor injuries.

But it is not clear if the suspect was injured or apprehended.

Some residents in the surrounding area said on social media they felt their homes shake.

  • Bri Guy @sopuli.xyzEnglish
    171·
    1 year ago

    this is fucking nuts, i lived not far from that area for years and went to that mcdonald’s a block or two away a few times. details are scarce, but here’s the local news article

    • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      “I think it blew up the entire duplex,” one neighbor told ARLnow in the immediate aftermath. “I’m sure the family next door was evacuated before it blew up but they lost their home.”

      A man named James Yoo, listed in public records as the resident of the address to which police were initially dispatched, has been repeatedly posting paranoid screeds on his Linkedin account. One post from three days ago rants against his neighbors in the adjoining duplex unit.

      Edit: linkedin.com/in/james-yoo-3a847a164

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
        181·
        1 year ago

        This is how the ‘Ruling Class’ stays anonymous using buffers and handlers to absorb ‘digital ID’.

        So for every citizen they have multiple people assigned to spy on them?

        Exponentially this idea just can’t work.

        • Dem Bosain@midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          So for every citizen they have multiple people assigned to spy on them?

          Can confirm. I rarely ever see my neighbors, so I’m certain they are spying on me.

      • Unaware7013@kbin.social
        7·
        1 year ago

        has been repeatedly posting paranoid screeds on his Linkedin account.

        I wonder if we’ll find him on LinkedIn lunatics…

      • edric@lemm.ee
        61·
        1 year ago

        Mental breakdown due to undiagnosed mental illness maybe?

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      1 year ago

      After the home was listed for sale a couple of years ago, Yoo chased would-be buyers off with a knife, according to Wilson. Real estate records show the home was taken off the market on at the end of 2021.

      ??? Um… what???

    • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I used to live like 3 blocks away and used the trail near his house when doing aimless walks. It’s just wild.