UPDATE: HEAVILY DAMAGED COP CAR — WOMAN TRIED TO RAM BARRIER AT WH AND CAPITOL, OFFICERS OPENED FIRE…

by The Right Scoop

CONSTANTLY UPDATED…

I’m still trying to gather all the facts but here is what Fox News has so far:

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.”

And the AP:

A police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the U.S. Capitol, police said Thursday while putting the entire complex on lockdown.

“There are reports of injuries,” said Terrance Gainer, the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms.

FBI agents were also headed to the scene.

The reports comes two weeks after a deadly shooting at the nearby Navy Yard and amid a government shutdown.

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 1: Here is a photo of the action at the Capitol:

UPDATE 2: Capitol is open again:

UPDATE 3: Person on a stretcher being taken to hospital:

UPDATE 4: Officer injured in gunfire exchange after car chase:

UPDATE 5: Apparently car tried to ram barrier at the White House:

UPDATE 6: THE LATEST on the shooting at the Capitol:

ABC 7 – Authorities shot and killed a woman Thursday afternoon outside the U.S. Capitol after she attempted to drive her vehicle through a barricade, police tell ABC7.

There are unconfirmed reports of an officer injured.

The incident reportedly started when an unidentified woman tried to drive through a barricade at the White House. She had a baby in the back seat of her vehicle. The woman fled the area and ended up at the Capitol, where she tried to drive through another barricade.

Authorities opened fire on the vehicle, killing the woman, authorities say.

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

In a notice distributed by email, the U.S. Capitol Police advised everyone to “close, lock and stay away from external doors and windows.The notice said gunshots have been reported on Capitol Hill.

UPDATE 7: Here is a photo of a cop car at the scene. Holy moly:


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