Botched robbery leads to standoff at Pr. George’s Co. shopping center

WASHINGTON — Annapolis Road in Prince George’s County has reopened to traffic hours after it was closed while police believed a would-be robber had barricaded himself inside a check cashing business.

Police entered the business after several hours and found no one inside. A store employee escaped the business and asked a passer-by to call 911 after the gunman entered the store and assaulted the employee shortly after 9 a.m. Monday.

Police shut down a stretch of Annapolis Road in both directions near the Capital Plaza shopping center. The road reopened about 2 p.m.

John Domen

John has been with WTOP since 2016 but has spent most of his life living and working in the DMV, covering nearly every kind of story imaginable around the region. He’s twice been named Best Reporter by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association. 

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