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JACKSONVILLE, FL - Drivers had to deal with massive traffic tie-ups Thursday evening after police shut down Butler Blvd. at Kernan Blvd. due to police activity.

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According to a release from JSO Officer Melissa Bujeda, officers had to divert eastbound traffic to the I-295 beltway and westbound traffic to Hodges Blvd.

It turns out that police were trying to take down some alleged bank robbers.

Officers pursued a vehicle they thought may have been involved in a bank robbery at a Prosperity Bank located in the 12600 block of San Jose Boulevard.

The suspects allegedly stopped their vehicle while they were headed eastbound on JTB, just east of Kernan.  

According to JSO, the suspect intially barricaded himself inside the vehicle with a gun and refused to come out.  Police were later able to get him out of the vehicle and arrest him.

There's no word on who the suspect is or what charges he will face.