Breaking News: Gunshots at US Capitol Visitor Center

[OscarQ]

Source BBC Alerts.

Oh god...

[katietornado]

Just came here to post this.

BBC says "gunshots reported at visitor centre at US Capitol in Washington DC and workers told to take shelter."

[One Girl In All The World]

I just got a local news alert for the same. Apparently they are telling people in the Capitol and the White house to shelter in place.

[elleblue]

[cinnamoncox0]

I just read shooter/suspect in custody and one Capitol officer shot, but not seriously wounded.

[downtoearth]

I was just going to mention this...

CNBC has this:

Gunshots were reported in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on Monday, U.S. Senate sources said.

Workers in the Capitol were told to "shelter in place."

A Capitol Police spokeswoman had no immediate comment but said the office would be issuing a statement soon.

Congress and the White House were also on lockdown after reports of shooting on Capitol Hill.

According to Capitol officials, one Capitol police officer was shot, and the shooter is in custody.

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

[jln]

Scary. I hope no one was seriously injured.

[secretlyevil]

So we're either going to have mass shootings or bombing daily now. Why are we at the top.pf the food chain again?

[downtoearth]

Update - looks like the officer was not wounded too badly and it may have been from shrapnel, not direct shot.

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Shots were reportedly fired at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on Monday, though the situation appeared to be quickly put under control.

The Secret Service temporarily cleared tourists from an area surrounding the White House after the incident, but activities soon went back to normal. Capitol Hill was placed in lockdown immediately after the shooting but was later lifted.

A Capitol Police spokeswoman had no immediate comment but said the office would be issuing a statement shortly The shooter was said to be in custody.

Early reports suggested one Capitol police officer was shot, though later reports suggested the officer was wounded by shrapnel rather than the shot directly. The D.C. Police Department said that the shooting was an isolated incident.

Congress is in recess, with few lawmakers in Washington but the shooting happened just a few hours after a drill for an active shooter took place at the Capitol, creating further confusion.


An eyewitness, Jill Epstein, said that one of her colleagues had to run without his watch, his wallet and his phone because they were on the metal detector conveyor belt.


"I was with a group of my colleagues walking into the visitors center and as we were literally going through the metal detectors, people started screaming, 'Get out! Get out!' We didn't know which way to run. We ran out and and they told us to get against the wall so we were crouching against the wall outside the visitors center," Epstein, executive director of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, told NBC News.

"Police appeared out of everywhere and they were screaming, 'Run for it! Run for it! Run up that ramp!' And we ran like you see in videos. It was surreal," said Epstein. "It was so beautiful out and the cherry blossoms are in bloom and people are running for their lives. It was unsettling and scary."

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

www.cnbc.com/2016/03/28/

[erbear]

Well that's horrifying. I had 58 8th graders in that very spot last week

[lulu13]

Yeek. My nephew is at the Capitol building right now for his 8th grade trip. My poor sister hearing that...so glad it wasn't worse.

[aurora]

Guns guns guns guns

[josieposy]

Sounds like this guy has caused issues before. From CNN:


He said the gunman, who law enforcement officials identified as Larry Russell Dawson, is currently in surgery at a hospital and that a weapon was recovered on the scene. Verderosa also described the woman's injuries as "minor" and said she was transported to a hospital.
The gunman attempted to go through the metal detectors at the Capitol Visitor Center entrance. When those magnetometers beeped, he was stopped by security and then pulled out a gun. A Capitol police officer then shot him, sources told CNN.
Dawson was arrested on a charge of assaulting a police officer in October after an outburst in the chamber of the House of Representatives. Court documents from that 2015 incident describe Dawson as a 66-year-old man from Tennessee. In that incident, according to the documents, Dawson "loudly stated to Congress he was a 'prophet of God.' "

[NewOrleans]

So another Christian terrorist   mentally ill white man who had a pellet gun and AMAZINGLY managed to survive an encounter with police and is in surgery.  But we should inter Muslims and Tamir Rice HAD to be shot and left to bleed out on the ground with no medical treatment. Funny how that all works.

Ignore my ignorant ass!!  I am in the corner eating humble pie 

[miniroller]

Mar 28, 2016 17:36:44 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

So another Christian terrorist   mentally ill white man who had a pellet gun and AMAZINGLY managed to survive an encounter with police and is in surgery.  But we should inter Muslims and Tamir Rice HAD to be shot and left to bleed out on the ground with no medical treatment. Funny how that all works.

He's black, just FYI. I read your post, which I agree(d) with wholeheartedly, out loud & H corrected. Again, not a blatant correction, just an FYI.

[NewOrleans]

Mar 28, 2016 20:27:53 GMT -5 miniroller said:

Mar 28, 2016 17:36:44 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

So another Christian terrorist   mentally ill white man who had a pellet gun and AMAZINGLY managed to survive an encounter with police and is in surgery.  But we should inter Muslims and Tamir Rice HAD to be shot and left to bleed out on the ground with no medical treatment. Funny how that all works.

He's black, just FYI. I read your post, which I agree(d) with wholeheartedly, out loud & H corrected. Again, not a blatant correction, just an FYI.

Insert Jack Nicholson "Well don't I feel like the fucking asshole" gif

[Deleted]

He's a pastor at a church in TN. Not sure what kind of church it is though.

[mrsukyankee]

Mar 29, 2016 9:08:17 GMT -5 @mx said:

As a DC resident I fear these crazy Americans with guns far more than terrorism. These incidents just keep coming and have been for years. Usually the Capitol a police manage to disarm people before they harm anyone else.

No DC resident can forget tractor man and the terror he brought upon us.

I remember living in Alexandria during the Sniper days.  Those were scary.