US Capitol in lockdown, reports of shots fired

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US Capitol in lockdown, reports of shots fired

Published October 03, 2013

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BREAKING ... 

The U.S. Capitol is in lockdown, amid reports that shots were fired outside. 

According to U.S. Capitol Police, officers are injured. 

Sirens are going off in the Capitol, and people on the Hill are being told to "shelter in place." 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/03/us-capitol-in-lockdown-reports-shots-fired/

 

 

[FlintNPebbles]

Wow....this sort of thing is bound to happen with tensions running as high as they are and people being laid off and furloughed while Congress plays games with our country.

[George Hayduke]

Shots heard round the world...?

[skeetdog]

Don't worry folks our leaders have this all calculated...if it gets too bad they can always fall back on their original plan...marshall law...

[skrappyone]

Watching it on fox news.  Thanks for the update

[yaker]

No surprise there!  The congress, is playing child's games & messing with peoples livelihoods in already tough times!

[jonjon]

Only a one ring circus, just a distraction, We now have "Exhibition Politics"

Just like "Exhibition Wrestling"

[bigwave]

Shots heard round the world...?

Time will tell.

Only a one ring circus, just a distraction, We now have "Exhibition Politics"

Just like "Exhibition Wrestling"

They are in back having burgers and beer.

[jonjon]

Don't worry folks our leaders have this all calculated...if it gets too bad they can always fall back on their original plan...marshall law...

 

 The only drawback to instituting "Marshal Law" is We The People are the Marshals

[PrettyKitty]

I guess the person was not aware that "O" wasn't even at the Whitehouuuuusssseeee today.

[jonjon]

Woman in a car, with a baby, rammed the barricades, high-speed chase, ran off the road, exited car discharging a firearm (AR-15?) victim has been neutralized (shot)

[PrettyKitty]

I guess the person was not aware that "O" wasn't even at the Whitehouuuuusssseeee today.

My BAD---heard "O" was at the East-Wing.......

[jonjon]

Another opportunity for the Media to Promote "Exhibition Politics"

Circus music is playing in the background. 

[The Machine]

it's all apart of the plan ....... tired, hungry & fearful people will do & vote anything & anyway you want them to.

[desimo]

Obutt, I think, wants a crisis.  Once there is a crisis there can be martial law.  Martial law brings in FEMA rule.  Then he can use the Russian troops that he already has an agree with to 'help' patrol the streets.  He is bringing in a civil war to America like nothing ever seen before. 

[Bumper64]

Did you see all the GUNS on scene to help protect these Government Crooks!!  hmmmmmmmm!!!

 

But the want our guns that we need to protect our families!!    

[dog53]

Did you see all the GUNS on scene to help protect these Government Crooks!!  hmmmmmmmm!!!

 

But the want our guns that we need to protect our families!!    

 

Yeah I eyeballed some real sweetys bump.

But like you say they want us to be limited to grandpas ole double barrel.

Which aint bad for close work.

But there`s times where you have to reach out there and touch someone. 

[TexasGranny]

They are now saying the "female" (driving a Lexus no less) was unarmed. Wonder how long it will be before they release the name?

 

[jonjon]

5 minutes of wreck-less driving stopped by the use of deadly force.

2 days of a video looped on the Mainstream Media.

Circus music playing in the background.

[Bumper64]

Yeah I eyeballed some real sweetys bump.

But like you say they want us to be limited to grandpas ole double barrel.

Which aint bad for close work.

But there`s times where you have to reach out there and touch someone. 

This Government we have is a joke!

[gymrat76541]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police lifted a shelter-in-place warning at all U.S. Senate office buildings on Thursday after multiple shots were heard in the area after a female suspect who struck a barrier near the White House with her car led police on car chase that ended near Capitol Hill.

A U.S. Capitol Police spokesman said that one officer was injured in a crash while pursuing the woman.

The Associated Press reported a woman was in police custody. Earlier, ABC News and Reuters reported the suspect was dead. Chief Kim Dine of the U.S. Capitol Police told reporters he did not know the condition of the suspect, but did confirm that police located a child inside the suspect’s car, seen in photos as a black Infiniti sedan with Connecticut plates.

“We have no information that this is related to terrorism or is anything other than an isolated incident,” a police sergeant told reporters.

Tim Wilson, a spokesperson with the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department, told Yahoo News that medical personnel transported one patient from the scene who suffered life-threatening injuries. He would not give the gender of the patient or the nature of the injuries.

Earlier, police could be seen swarming the grounds near the Capitol Building with guns drawn.

Yahoo News reporter Chris Moody was outside the Capitol when he heard three shots ring out.

About half a dozen police cars sped west down Constitution Avenue toward the scene. Moments later, other police vehicles sped back the other way.

 

[dog53]

30 something year old woman with a history of mental illness with a kid.

a security force and the washington police

I mean all that beef and the only way to stop this women was to

neutralize her. (Thats cop talk for blew her fricking brains out) 

[umbertino]

by and Eyder Peralta

October 03, 2013 2:30 PM

 

 

 

A woman who reportedly tried to ram a security barrier outside the White House led U.S. Capitol Police on a high-speed chase that ended near Capitol Hill, where gunshots were fired by police. Congressional lawmakers were briefly ordered to shelter in place, but by 3 p.m. ET, police had lifted the lockdown.

 

 

Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine told The Associated Press that the driver was in custody, but details of her condition and the condition of a child who was also in the car with her, were not immediately known.

 

A Medstar Washington Hospital Center spokeswoman confirmed that two people were admitted from the incident, a U.S. Capitol Police officer and a woman. No further information was made available. However, federal law enforcement official, who reviewed initial reports of the incident, tells NPR that the female driver is deceased and that the child is uninjured.

 

The incident appears to have started with a car chase that began near the White House complex and ended with shots at the Capitol, NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

 

The Associated Press, quoting a law enforcement official, said the vehicle "tried to ram a security barricade at the White House." The news agency says the driver then "proceeded down Pennsylvania Ave. toward Capitol Hill, where shots were fired."

 

Witnesses report that some 20 police cars were involved in the chase of the woman's black vehicle.

A video of the incident shows the car being chased by police, speeding to a halt. The vehicle is surrounded by several officers with sidearms drawn before it speeds away.

 

Chief Dine, speaking to reporters at about 3:40 p.m. ET, said the scene had been secured and that there was no reason to think the incident was anything other than isolated and that it was not connected to terrorism.

 

He said the injured officer "was struck in his vehicle" and that he "appears to be conscious and breathing," but he gave no further details on his condition.

 

"The President was briefed on the reports of gunfire on Capitol Hill this afternoon. White House staff are in touch with law enforcement and monitoring the incident," A White House official told reporters.

 

The NY Times says:

 

"Several senators were outside the Capitol when they reported between four and six shots fired. Police officers in a high-speed chase pulled over a black car in front of one of the Senate office buildings, but witnesses said a man fled on foot with a gun visible.

'I heard a pop-pop-pop, and we were told to get down,' said Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania.

Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, said he saw people in the area drop to the ground, and Capitol police officers yelled for him, Mr. Casey and Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Bernie Sanders of Vermont to lie on the ground."

The AP says:

"As a warning was sounded, the House abruptly went into recess and lawmakers left the chamber floor. The House had just finished approving legislation aimed at partly lifting the government shutdown by paying National Guard and Reserve members.

People standing outside the Supreme Court across the street from Congress were hurried into the court building by authorities.

The White House was quickly locked down after the incident at Capitol Hill and the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the compound was closed to pedestrians. Secret Service said the procedures were precautionary."

 

 

Update At 2:58 p.m. ET:

 

The NY Times reports

 

that some members of Congress were told to get on the ground when the shots were fired:

"Capitol police could be seen with semi-automatic rifles drawn as they scrambled for position on the Capitol grounds.

"Several senators were outside the Capitol when they reported between four and six shots fired. Police in a high speed chase pulled over a black car in front of one of the Senate office buildings but witnesses said a man fled on foot with a gun visible.

"'I heard a pop pop pop and we were told to get down,' said Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania."

 

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/03/228884405/u-s-capitol-on-edge-after-reports-of-gun-shots

 

[dog53]

 

by and Eyder Peralta

October 03, 2013 2:30 PM

 

 

 

A woman who reportedly tried to ram a security barrier outside the White House led U.S. Capitol Police on a high-speed chase that ended near Capitol Hill, where gunshots were fired by police. Congressional lawmakers were briefly ordered to shelter in place, but by 3 p.m. ET, police had lifted the lockdown.

 

 

Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine told The Associated Press that the driver was in custody, but details of her condition and the condition of a child who was also in the car with her, were not immediately known.

 

A Medstar Washington Hospital Center spokeswoman confirmed that two people were admitted from the incident, a U.S. Capitol Police officer and a woman. No further information was made available. However, federal law enforcement official, who reviewed initial reports of the incident, tells NPR that the female driver is deceased and that the child is uninjured.

 

The incident appears to have started with a car chase that began near the White House complex and ended with shots at the Capitol, NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

 

The Associated Press, quoting a law enforcement official, said the vehicle "tried to ram a security barricade at the White House." The news agency says the driver then "proceeded down Pennsylvania Ave. toward Capitol Hill, where shots were fired."

 

Witnesses report that some 20 police cars were involved in the chase of the woman's black vehicle.

A video of the incident shows the car being chased by police, speeding to a halt. The vehicle is surrounded by several officers with sidearms drawn before it speeds away.

 

Chief Dine, speaking to reporters at about 3:40 p.m. ET, said the scene had been secured and that there was no reason to think the incident was anything other than isolated and that it was not connected to terrorism.

 

He said the injured officer "was struck in his vehicle" and that he "appears to be conscious and breathing," but he gave no further details on his condition.

 

"The President was briefed on the reports of gunfire on Capitol Hill this afternoon. White House staff are in touch with law enforcement and monitoring the incident," A White House official told reporters.

 

The NY Times says:

 

"Several senators were outside the Capitol when they reported between four and six shots fired. Police officers in a high-speed chase pulled over a black car in front of one of the Senate office buildings, but witnesses said a man fled on foot with a gun visible.

'I heard a pop-pop-pop, and we were told to get down,' said Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania.

Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, said he saw people in the area drop to the ground, and Capitol police officers yelled for him, Mr. Casey and Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Bernie Sanders of Vermont to lie on the ground."

The AP says:

"As a warning was sounded, the House abruptly went into recess and lawmakers left the chamber floor. The House had just finished approving legislation aimed at partly lifting the government shutdown by paying National Guard and Reserve members.

People standing outside the Supreme Court across the street from Congress were hurried into the court building by authorities.

The White House was quickly locked down after the incident at Capitol Hill and the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the compound was closed to pedestrians. Secret Service said the procedures were precautionary."

 

 

Update At 2:58 p.m. ET:

 

The NY Times reports

 

that some members of Congress were told to get on the ground when the shots were fired:

"Capitol police could be seen with semi-automatic rifles drawn as they scrambled for position on the Capitol grounds.

"Several senators were outside the Capitol when they reported between four and six shots fired. Police in a high speed chase pulled over a black car in front of one of the Senate office buildings but witnesses said a man fled on foot with a gun visible.

"'I heard a pop pop pop and we were told to get down,' said Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania."

 

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/03/228884405/u-s-capitol-on-edge-after-reports-of-gun-shots

 

 

Crazy black woman and her child of 1 years old. in a lexus 

Kids ok

Mother neutralized as they put it. (DOA)

[easy]

This Government we have is a joke!

AGREED!

Yeah I eyeballed some real sweetys bump.

But like you say they want us to be limited to grandpas ole double barrel.

Which aint bad for close work.

But there`s times where you have to reach out there and touch someone.

With the right load and a little American know how, granpas old double-barrel will definately do the job.