Capitol complex was placed on lockdown after the shooting and staff were told they could not enter or exit buildings.įencing that prevented vehicular traffic near that area was recently removed as the Capitol has started to open up after the Jan. Capitol Hill was on lockdown Friday afternoon due to an external security threat later revealed to be caused by a knife-wielding suspect who rammed his car into two police officers. The officials could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. She was braced for a very long day as Congress was set to formalize Joe Biden’s Electoral. National Guard members are being mobilized to help support law enforcement as violent supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. CNN's Lauren Fox reports from Capitol Hill.
One of the officers who was injured was taken by police car to the hospital the other was being transported by emergency medical crews, the officials said. Janustarted like lots of days on Capitol Hill for CNN reporter Daniella Diaz. Capitol and Capitol Visitor Center has been lifted today after a shot was fired in an apparent suicide, according to police. The US Capitol went into lockdown after Capitol police say a suspect rammed two officers with a car. The law enforcement officials told the AP that the suspect was shot and was being taken to the hospital in critical condition.
It comes as the Washington region remains on edge nearly three months after a mob of armed insurrectionists stormed the Capitol as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s presidential win.Ĭapitol Police say that someone “rammed a vehicle into two USCP officers” and that a suspect was taken into custody.
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Capitol on Friday afternoon, injuring two Capitol Police officers and leading to the driver being shot, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.Ĭapitol Police say the incident happened at a checkpoint near the Capitol. Getty Police and members of the National Guard block a street near the US Capitol on April 2, 2021, after a vehicle drove into US Capitol police officers in. A car rammed a barricade outside the U.S.
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