The United States Capitol Police announced on Thursday that the suspect in the bomb threat incident has been taken into custody by the authorities without incident, according to media reports.

In the press briefing on Thursday afternoon, the United States Capitol Police described the situation as “an active bomb threat investigation”. 

Thomas Manger, the chief of the Capitol Police said that the suspect told officers present at the site that he was in possession of a bomb. Law enforcement authorities said that the suspect appeared to have a detonator in his hand, according to reports from ABC News.

The United States Capitol Police identified the suspect as Floyd Ray Roseberry, a 49-year-old male from the state of North Carolina.

Roseberry sat in his black pickup truck for several hours after smashing it into a wall. The police also attempted to negotiate with him using messages written on whiteboards. Capitol Police chief Manger also said that the officers present at the scene used a robot to deliver a mobile phone to Roseberry, however, he refused to use it.

The standoff was resolved peacefully after roughly five hours of negotiations, ending when Roseberry crawled out of the truck and was taken into law enforcement custody, according to reports from news agency Associated Press.

But the incident brought the area surrounding the Capitol to a virtual standstill as police emptied buildings and cordoned off streets as a precaution. Congress is in recess this week, but staffers were seen calmly walking out of the area at the direction of authorities.

Roseberry’s ex-wife, Crystal Roseberry, said she had seen images of the man in the standoff at the Capitol and confirmed to The Associated Press that it was her ex-husband. She said had never known him to have explosives, but that he was an avid collector of firearms, according to reports from Associated Press.

(With AP inputs)