Store evacuated after armed man barricades himself inside
WHEATON, MD – A man suspected of shoplifting sparked a four-hour standoff with police on Wednesday after barricading himself in a fitting room at a JCPenney store in Wheaton, Maryland. The suspect, armed with a knife, prompted the evacuation of the department store during the tense standoff. The incident began around 10:30 a.m. at the Westfield Wheaton Mall when 37-year-old Christopher Lawrence allegedly attempted to steal a watch from the store. Montgomery County Police Department …