Another shooting has taken place at a government building, this time striking the U.S. Census Bureau, where reports indicate a guard has been shot and taken to the hospital, while the gunman has barricaded himself inside the building.
Here are some tweets from witnesses at the scene around the shooting:
I'm standing at U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters. Police are all over the property. @nbcwashington is 1st on scene pic.twitter.com/yhnvd96Re4
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) April 9, 2015
Just getting on scene of shooting at U.S. Census Bureau. Media being kept back. #WJZ @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/axKg0mJEHs
— Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) April 10, 2015
Now hearing one loud bang after the other coming from the Census Bureau campus. #WJZ @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/sw12YGwU4b
— Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) April 10, 2015
Media & civilians moved back ~200 yards from Gate 5 at Suitland, as tactical teams move in. pic.twitter.com/yXVUx1aOfS
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 9, 2015
Just heard three loud bangs in succession from inside the Suitland complex
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 9, 2015
Now nine bangs in the last few minutes. Getting louder.
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 9, 2015
More than a dozen bangs now coming from the Suitland complex. They're getting louder/closer to where media gathered south of Gate 5
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 10, 2015
Authorities believe #Census Bureau shooting may be related to @DCPoliceDept car chase that just ended. Shots fired in DC, many injured.
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) April 10, 2015
More as details come in.
UPDATE!!
More details:
FBI source tells me shootings at Census bureau & in DC are related. I'm told suspect was never barricaded at Census #Suitland @wusa9
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 10, 2015
From Breaking911:
The shooting is apparently connected to a police-involved shooting, in Northeast D.C., which ended with a suspect shot and two police officers injured.
Situation described as ‘active shooting’ inside the building.
At least one male is being treated for gunshot wounds to the upper-body.
The victim is a guard at the facility, He is in extremely critical condition.
Authorities investigating the shooting believe an earlier car chase involving police in D.C. may be related to the Census Bureau incident.
It’s unclear if a suspect has been apprehended.
UPDATE 2!
Apparently the guy has been shot:
The gunman was shot after a police chase during which shots were fired at pursuing police at 3rd and K streets in Northeast, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. In the area of 11th and H streets, a busy section of northeast D.C., police were able to block the gunman’s path with their cruisers, causing a collision with the gunman’s dark green Honda.
In an exchange of gunfire with police, the gunman was shot multiple times, but there was conflicting information about his condition Thursday night.
The gunman, described by police only as a man in his 30s or 40s, is also a suspect in two other violent incidents Thursday, Lanier said: The abduction of his girlfriend, who has been found safe, in the 300 block of T Street NE, and a shooting on Bruce Place in southeast D.C.
[ed. note: headline was changed to reflect more accurate information.]