Major shopping mall opposite the Pentagon is on lockdown with ‘high-level government official inside’

Police are responding to a smash-and-grab robbery at ritzy shopping mall across the street from the Pentagon.

Arlington County Police said three suspects entered a business at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City and broke a glass display case with hammers and deployed a fire extinguisher.

The suspects then fled on foot.

Photos posted to social media show a large police presence outside the building