Fox News published a similar report, but did not identify its source. The incident began when an unidentified female suspect allegedly attempted to ram a security barricade outside of the White House, according to news broadcasters CNN who cited a secret service source. The building houses both chambers of Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives.Īt least one person was injured in the incident, according to unconfirmed reports. White House staff are in touch with law enforcement and monitoring the incident," A White House official told reporters.Police placed the US Capitol on security lockdown for less than an hour on Thursday after shots were heard outside. "The President was briefed on the reports of gunfire on Capitol Hill this afternoon. 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.īoth officers hurt in the incident are expected to be OK, officials said. The woman was declared dead later, a result of "injuries sustained in the shooting," the Secret Service said.Īuthorities would not say if the woman was armed, but The Washington Post and NBC News are reporting she did not have a weapon.Ĭhief Dine, speaking to reporters at about 3:40 p.m. Lanier said that after that, the woman drove the vehicle several blocks from the Capitol where she crashed and officers opened fire.
The vehicle is surrounded by several officers with sidearms drawn before it speeds away. Witnesses report that some 20 police cars were involved in the chase of the woman's black vehicle.Ī video of the incident shows the black car being chased by police, speeding to a halt near Garfield Circle. Lanier said that's when the woman, whom authorities declined to identify, drove toward the Capitol complex, where she attempted to breach another security point. I didn't see anyone with their guns out, but they were sure busy." "They were busy calling on their phones, on the radios. "After she ran him down, she gunned it, and she just went screaming down Pennsylvania Avenue," he told the paper. Campbell tells the paper that the woman hit the gas, ramming the barricade and hitting an officer, who flipped over the hood of the car.
The New York Times quotes a tourist, who was by the White House, saying Secret Service agents tried to stop her with "one of those little metal fence sections."īut B.J. The woman, Lanier said, first tried to breach a security check point at the White House. In a news conference, Washington, D.C., Police Chief Cathy Lanier said she was "pretty confident that this is not an accident."
The 1-year-old child who was in the car with the suspect is OK and in protective custody. The incident left a suspect dead and two police officers injured. Congressional lawmakers were briefly ordered to shelter in place, but by 3 p.m. Capitol Police on a high-speed chase that ended near Capitol Hill, where gunshots were fired by police. A woman who authorities say tried to ram a security barrier outside the White House led the Secret Service and U.S.
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