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Shots have been fired near the US Capitol in Washington DC after a high-speed police chase. | Shots have been fired near the US Capitol in Washington DC after a high-speed police chase. |
Chief Kim Dine of the Capitol Police told reporters it was an "isolated incident", not an act of terrorism. | Chief Kim Dine of the Capitol Police told reporters it was an "isolated incident", not an act of terrorism. |
A police officer was injured in a crash, he said. A suspect - reportedly a woman - was in custody, although some media reported the suspect was dead. | |
The shooting happened two weeks after 12 people were killed and three injured in a shooting at nearby Navy Yard. | The shooting happened two weeks after 12 people were killed and three injured in a shooting at nearby Navy Yard. |
An eyewitness told the BBC he heard 10-12 shots following the car chase near the Capitol. | |
Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine told reporters the incident began at the White House at 14:18 local time (16:18 GMT) when a vehicle tried to pass a barricade. | |
Officers with the US Secret Service attempted to stop the vehicle, then pursued it before it struck a Capitol Police vehicle near the Capitol, Mr Dine said. | |
A video obtained by BBC and reportedly filmed near the Capitol shows officers surrounding a black car with guns drawn. The driver then speeds away, leading a police vehicle in a chase around a traffic circle. | |
Some senators were reportedly near the Capitol when they heard shots fired and saw police pull over a car in front of a Senate building after a high-speed chase. | |
"I heard a pop pop pop and we were told to get down," Senator Bob Casey told the New York Times. | "I heard a pop pop pop and we were told to get down," Senator Bob Casey told the New York Times. |
Chief Dine said police believed a child was in the car. There are no details on the condition of the suspect, identified as a woman in media reports. | |
The chief said he believed the police officer struck by the car was breathing and conscious. | |
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