There was a large police presence along Army Navy Drive this afternoon due to a suspicious vehicle in a Pentagon parking lot.
A lone U-Haul truck was parked along a curb in the surface lot across from the Pentagon City mall, near an I-395 off-ramp.
Arlington County police, Pentagon police and Virginia State Police responded to the scene, as did the Arlington County Fire Department’s bomb squad, which arrived shortly after 3 p.m.
A K-9 and handler could be seen going around the truck earlier, before bomb squad members arrived and started rummaging through the vehicle. Apparently finding no hazards, the scene was cleared around 3:30 p.m.
POLICE ACTIVITY: ACPD, @PFPAOfficial and @ArlingtonVaFD investigated the report of a suspicious vehicle parked at Army Navy Drive and S. Hayes Street. The all clear has been given and public safety resources are going back into service. pic.twitter.com/1qSLNPL0Zu
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) February 18, 2026
The investigation was not the only emergency activity of note in Pentagon City today.
As Arlington police were arriving at the parking lot, firefighters were checking out the Macy’s department store across the street for a report of several people feeling ill amid an unknown odor. The store was reportedly evacuated, but firefighters soon determined the smell to be “sewer related,” according to scanner traffic.
