Capitol complex was being put on lockdown because of a "security threat." It said that no one was allowed to enter or exit any buildings, but that people were allowed to move within the buildings and underground between buildings. Capitol Police chief said.Īt 3 p.m., an email was sent to staffers alerting them that the entire U.S. "We believe this is an act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol grounds before, and there is no reason to believe this is anything more than a criminal act," the U.S. Update: CNN reported that a police officer was not shot, and that a female bystander had been injured. One police officer was reportedly shot, though not seriously injured, and the shooter was quickly taken into custody, though the Capitol's Sergeant at Arms asked everyone to remain sheltered in place. The shooting happened just a few hours after a drill for an active shooter took place at the Capitol, creating further confusion.Ĭathryn Leff, a licensed therapist, tweeted that she was at the visitor's centre when she heard gunshots while going through a security checkpoint.Monday afternoon, police put the White House and Capitol on lockdown after gunshots were heard in the Capitol Visitor Center.
The White House, where thousands were attending the annual Easter Egg Roll, was briefly on lockdown, but the order was quickly lifted. "We went with some employees of the building to an emergency exit and we stayed there until security men came and then we got evacuated." White House lockdown "I was pretty much in panic because I didn't know what was going on. "We were just about to leave when I just saw a security man running in the hall and I didn't think of anything bad until people told us to lie on the ground and don't move and everything," she said. Sophie Kneschke, a tourist from Germany, said it had been a scare. "We covered each other up, Capitol police told everybody to stay low, and they neutralised the situation and told us to go into the auditorium and to stay safe," he told the news agency AFP. Jeff Westbrock, a North Carolina resident who was visiting Washington with his family, was in the main lobby of the centre when the shots were fired. The visitors centre - where tourists go through security and begin their guided tours of the domed building - remained closed to the public afterwards. Tourists at visitors centre told to 'stay low' The US Secret Service, meanwhile, said earlier reports that the gunman tried to gain entry to the White House were incorrect. There is no active threat to the public," Washington DC police said on Twitter. "There has been an isolated incident at the US Capitol. There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred, after gunshots were heard at the visitors centre, where workers were told to take shelter. He said an initial investigation indicated "this is an act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol grounds before and there is no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act". Earlier reports that a police officer was wounded in the incident were false, police chief Verderosa said.
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