Armed suspect fleeing traffic stop causes lockdown at Navy Yard apartment NBC4 Washington [Video]

Social media videos and photos show officers searching for an armed suspect at an apartment building in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood on Tuesday.

The posts show a group of officers surrounding the apartment and a police helicopter searching from the sky.

“You live here, and you think that it’s somewhere that you can be safe,” Resident Melat Kanja said. “I wasn’t here, but it was still scary news.”

The Illume apartment on New Jersey Ave. SE told residents in an email to shelter in place and lock their doors.

The police chase started with the traffic stop of a car connected to a shooting in November, police said. Officers tried to pull it over and the guy took off.

Resident Jim Wilcox said he saw the man running into his building,

“I saw this guy running and then I saw police behind him, and he was like running up my …