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'Shots fired' near US Capitol Police chase in Washington ends in shooting and crash
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Shots have been fired near the US Capitol in Washington DC after a high-speed police chase. A police chase in Washington DC ended in gunfire, sparking panic at the White House and US Capitol and leaving a police officer injured in a road crash.
Chief Kim Dine of the Capitol Police told reporters it was an "isolated incident", not an act of terrorism. The chase, gunfire and wreck were "isolated", and not an act of terror, a senior police official said.
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. A female suspect was said to be in custody, though some media outlets reported she had been killed.
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. The incident began at the White House at 14:18 local time (18:18 GMT) when a vehicle tried to pass a barricade, police said.
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, Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine said.
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 the BBC shows officers surrounding a black car with guns drawn near the Capitol. The driver then speeds away, leading police in a chase.
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. Senators, congressmen, staffers and journalists reported hearing shots at the US Capitol building, where the Congress and Senate sit. The complex of buildings were briefly locked down.
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. "We heard pops, three, four, five pops," said Senator Sherrod Brown, who said he was outside the building and ordered to duck behind a car.
"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.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.The chief said he believed the police officer struck by the car was breathing and conscious.
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