A brazen thief carried out an armed robbery right under the FBI’s nose — with an audacious hold-up just outside the agency’s headquarters.

Police were called to the scene in Washington D.C. near the imposing building at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, after receiving reports of a suspect with a gun at around 6:45 p.m on Tuesday evening.

The armed robber did not harm the victim, but stole their possessions during the robbery at the cross section of 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told the Washington Examiner magazine.

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The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) on a foggy morning on December 9, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Authorities said the victim was unharmed and has not yet released any information about the suspect.

It remains unclear whether the suspect has been identified or arrested, according to the report, but investigators are now working on the “active investigation”.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington D.C. is in charge of the agents and civilian workers based out of field offices dotted across the country. As the agency has increased in size and scope, some HQ functions have been moved to other locations; the FBI Academy trains new agents in Quantico, Virginia, which is where the Laboratory Division and the Operational Technology Division are also based. While the Criminal Justice Information Services Division is located in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

This is a developing story.

Newsweek has reached out to the MPD the FBI for further information.