UPDATE as of 2:49pm – According to Pilotonline http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/man-dead-standoff-virginia-beach, The man who held police in a standoff earlier today in a condominium near the Lesner Bridge is dead. The Virginia Beach Police SWAT team went in around 2:30. It was unclear how the man died. There were no shots fired when SWAT went in at 2:30.

 
According to Pilotonline.com and witnesses.

Negotiators and special operations officers are outside a condominium near the Lesner Bridge where they said a man barricaded himself after firing at officers shortly before noon.

At the time of this post, no coverage yet at:
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Traffic heading east bound on Shore Drive is backing up quickly.

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