Gun fire on Capitol Hill - 3 injured

[hal]

"Sounds to be two Capitol Police officer and either victim or shooter "

from twitter - also a chopper landed and took off in the last 10min from the Capitol grounds - something unprecedented apparently.

???

[hal]

"Here's the alert staff are getting: "The external security threat located at all of the U.S. Capitol Campus Buildings continues, and there is still no entry or exit permitted at this time.""

https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/137...4019434501

[hal]

Video of stretchers being brought out of Cap building: https://twitter.com/i/status/1378032633293201410

CRITICAL INCIDENT: USCP is responding to the North Barricade vehicle access point along Independence Constitution Avenue for reports someone rammed a vehicle into two USCP officers. A suspect is in custody. Both officers are injured. All three have been transported to the hospital.

https://twitter.com/CapitolPolice/status...6175110145

[hal]

Sounds like the initial report of a 'shooter' was wrong - it seems that the perp was shot by police.

[steve...]

MSNBC said the driver has died.

[Lemon Drop]

A US capitol police officer has died.

Suspect ran over them first, then got out of the car and lunged at officers with a knife.





Suspect was killed by police.

[sekker]

Sad all around.

[rjmacs]

Ugh.

[rjmacs]

The officer killed was William F. "Billy" Evans, an 18-year Capitol Police veteran who served in the first responder's unit.

The man who killed him was Noah Green, a 25-year old from Indiana who was previously unknown to the department.

[deckeda]

A few Capitol staffers were quoted as saying today was the first day they were scheduled to come back after Jan. 6. One said he ain’t coming back unless it’s mandatory.

Imagine feeling safer at home than at the nation’s capital.