D.C. Police detain suspect with an assault rifle at Comet Ping Pong restaurant

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 there were no reports of injuries and no shots fired.

It’s not clear what motivated the suspect in Sunday’s incident. The restaurant, however, was swept up in the onslaught of fake news that was prevalent during the presidential campaign.

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