nation reels: Law enforcement officers with rifles and body armor patrolled the area and a helicopter hovered overhead. ; Officers were working to clear the building, Fairfax County police said, according to The Japan Times. The department tweeted shortly after 1 p.m. that so far officers hadn't found evidence of any acts of violence or injuries. The newspaper reported that alarms sounded and police squad cars converged on the scene as employees waited outside. The incident came as the nation reels from its latest mass shootings at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, and an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. Photos from the scene Wednesday in McLean, Virginia, showed flags flying at half-staff. A combined 31 people were killed and dozens wounded in less than 24 hours in those two weekend attacks.
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