A man is in custody after he was removed from a suspicious SUV near the Supreme Court Tuesday morning, Capitol police said.
The suspect, 55-year-old Dale Paul Melvin of Kimball, Michigan, was removed from the car and placed under arrest around 11 a.m. local time, police said.
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Police take into custody a man who barricaded himself in his vehicle in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5 2021.
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Law enforcement officers remove a man from a suspicious vehicle in front of the Supreme Court on Oct. 05, 2021, in Washington.
Earlier in the morning Melvin had allegedly parked illegally and refused to talk to responding officers, authorities said. Police then brought in crisis negotiation officers.
There's no information on motive and no weapons have been found, police said.
Everyone is safe, police said.
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A United States Capitol Police Officer uses binoculars to watch a suspicious vehicle parked in front of the Supreme Court on Oct. 05, 2021, in Washington.
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Police investigate a suspicious vehicle parked near the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 2021.
There were no disruptions to operations at the Supreme Court; oral arguments began as planned at 10 a.m.
The Supreme Court building remains closed to the public.
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U.S. Capitol Police vehicles block a street as they investigate a suspicious vehicle in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021.
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Police respond to a man barricaded in his vehicle in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
ABC News' Devin Dwyer contributed to this report.