
Emergency vehicles swarmed the area of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday after an order given over the speaker system told people to shelter in place because of an active shooting situation.
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there was one person injured.
No further details were immediately available. Ref. CNN
The female motorist who led police on a chase through the heart of Washington was shot and later pronounced dead, said D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier.
A young child in the car with the woman appeared to be uninjured.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer injured during the chase "Is going to be fine," Officials say. The officer is a 23-year veteran. Ref. CNN
Investigators found two medications in the apartment of Miriam Carey: one used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder; the other an antidepressant, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN.
Carey, 34, of Stamford, Connecticut, was killed by police gunfire after a chase from near the White House to near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. They also found a laptop, a flash drive and three non-working cell phones, the source said. Ref. CNN
VIDEO: Unarmed Married Couple Beaten By Police In Front Of Screaming Children:
Married couple Forrest and Chadon Boggs claim that Metropolitan D.C. Police assaulted them in front of their two small children. Officers were apparently responding to a report of people fighting at the 1500 block of E Street NE, but when officers arrived, there was no one fighting. Ref. Source 3
Gunman Taken Down by U.S. Capitol Police in D.C. Shooting Incident
Original Post Date: 17th Sep, 2010 - 1:41pm
Wow another shooting incident, we really have some serious issues here in the US:
International Level: Politics 101 / Political Participation: 9 0.9%
The suspect shot by Capitol Police has been identified as Larry Russell Dawson, two law enforcement sources say.
Dawson was also arrested in October after an outburst in the House chamber. Court documents from that incident describe him as a 66-year-old from Tennessee. According to the documents, Dawson "Loudly stated to Congress he was a 'prophet of God.' "
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa, without naming the suspect in today’s incident, said “there is no reason to believe this is anything more than a criminal act."
"We believe this is an act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol grounds before,” Verderosa said. Ref. CNN.