Update: all clear given:
- CAPITOL IS OPEN; LOCKDOWN ENDS AFTER SHOOTING
- FEMALE SUSPECT REPORTED DEAD ON SCENE AT US CAPITAL: SOURCE
- CAPITOL SHOOTING STARTED WHEN WOMAN TRIED TO RAM GATE AT WHITE HOUSE, THEN FLED. WAS SHOT WHILE TRYING TO HIT OFFICER. CBS.
- Pete Williams: Driver in black car tried to breach White House gate, was pursued to Capitol Hill, shots exchanged near 2nd / Constitution
- CHILD FOUND UNHURT IN CAR OF SUSPECT, ABC TWEETS
The car that started it all, which initially tried to ram the White House gate:
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What may have caused it:
Sources: someone tried to ram #WhiteHouse [4] gate/barricade, chase ensued, ending with shots fired on Capitol Hill.
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) October 3, 2013 [5]
#Breaking [6] Photo of Car crashed into a guard shack near the #Capitol [7] #Shooting [8]. Unsure if its the suspect -@BerinSzoka [9] pic.twitter.com/1d2fsCAXqw [10]
— Twitsnoop (@Twitsnoop) October 3, 2013 [11]
Breaking news right now. US Capitol on lockdown after shots fired.
BREAKING: US Capitol in lockdown.
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 3, 2013 [12]
BREAKING: US Capitol on security lockdown: police
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) October 3, 2013 [13]
Something happening outside Capitol. Police running around with guns at ready. pic.twitter.com/7JkF5fMzfS [14]
— Alex Leary (@learyreports) October 3, 2013 [15]
- SHOTS FIRED AT 2ND STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE N.E.:REUTERS
- CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES TOLD TO `SHELTER IN PLACE
- SEVERAL INJURED IN CAPITOL SHOOTING, REUTERS SAYS ON TWITTER'
- U.S. CAPITOL POLICE HAVE REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED AT 2ND ST AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE N.E., SEVERAL INJURED
The shooter appears to have been caught:
- CAPITOL POLICE SAID SHOOTER IN CUSTODY
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