Thread: Suspect Fires Machine Gun at Cops During Car Chase Prompting Capitol Complex Lockdown

Suspect Fires Machine Gun at Cops During Car Chase Prompting Capitol Complex Lockdown

• By EMILY SHAPIRO

Jul 12, 2016, 6:00 PM ET

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A grab from video showing police arresting two individuals near the capitol building, July 12, 2016, in Washington

Police chased a car with a suspect armed with a machine gun through Washington, D.C., streets this afternoon, prompting a brief lockdown at the Capitol complex.

Three people were taken into custody, D.C. Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier said, and the weapon was recovered.

The incident began when officers, who were at 4th St. SW and P St. SW, about 2 miles south of the Capitol, saw someone they thought they had a lookout alert on, Lanier said. The car fled the area.

While officers chased the car, one suspect extended an arm out the window with a gun and fired a shot toward the police behind the car, Lanier said.

After the suspect fired, the shooter dropped the gun in a tunnel near the Capitol, Lanier said.

The chase ended near the Capitol building at 1st and D St.

The chase prompted a brief lockdown at the Capitol. An email to Capitol staff said police activity was reported on Capitol Hill. The email urged staff to lock and stay away from windows and external doors and to take shelter.

While police were restricting movement in and out of the complex, the brief lockdown did not restrict movement inside the Capitol.

The lockdown was ordered after reports of shots fired at Metropolitan Police Department officers. No civilians or law enforcement officers were injured in the incident.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-com...ry?id=40529280

U.S. Capitol and Visitors Center lockdown lifted; 3 in custody, MAC-11 found

by ABC 7 News/WJLA



U.S. Capitol and Visitors Center reportedly on lockdown. (ABC7 photo)




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WASHINGTON (WJLA) - Three people were taken into custody on Capitol Hill Tuesday following a lockdown at the U.S. Capitol and Visitors Center, according to police.

The lockdown has since been lifted.
ABC7's Sam Ford reports the suspects led them on a chase in a silver Toyota.

Police recovered an MAC-11 at the scene and "a lot of ammunition," DC Chief Lanier says

Manny Fantis @Manoilos


Sam Ford reporting from lockdown near the Capitol @ABC7News
1:44 PM - 12 Jul 2016

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Lanier says they were first alerted to the incident when they received a call for a man with a gun at 4th and P St SW around 4 p.m.

"As the officers entered the area of 4th and P Street, SW a car traveling at a high rate of speed was fleeing the area and had a person that appeared to match that lookout in the car," Lanier said.

As officers pursued the speeding car along South Capitol Street, Lanier says a passenger "extended his arm out the passenger window" and shot at officers with the MAC-11 just prior to entering the 3rd street tunnel.

After the shots were fired, the shooter dropped the gun in the 3rd street tunnel in the roadway, according to Lanier.

Manny Fantis @Manoilos


Scary moments by the Capitol after police say a suspect with a machine gun led them on a chase@ABC7News
1:32 PM - 12 Jul 2016

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Officers pursued the vehicle, which Lanier says came to a stop. A "foot pursue" followed, according to Lanier.

"So we right now have the weapon in our possession, we have a lot of ammunition with the weapon, we have the car and we have three people from that incident that we have taken into custody," Lanier said.

DC police did not fire back at the shooter. Lanier says "they were in the middle of a crowded tunnel and that wasn't an option at that point."

None of the officers were injured during the incident and Lanier says they believe they have all of the suspects in custody.

http://wwmt.com/news/connect-to-cong...ly-on-lockdown

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