Posted on 03/28/2016 1:20:23 PM PDT by the_individual2014
The US Capitol is on lockdown after a visitor opened fire, shooting and wounding a police officer - just hours after an active shooter drill in the government building.
Staffers in the visitor center were ordered to shelter in place just before 3pm (Eastern Time) on Monday as police secured the area.
One officer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and a female bystander was injured.
The suspect was taken in to custody within minutes of the first shot being fired, the Associated Press reported.
There was confusion as the shooting came soon after a scheduled active shooter drill, which staff had been notified about via email.
A visitor, Cathryn Leff from California, described crowds running and screaming after gunshots sounded as she was walking through security.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Should have kept my @ss in New Hampshire, this did not happen up there.
Name, we want a name!
Maybe the ‘active shooting drills’ are harming preparedness...if people think the real thing is a drill.
WaPo reporting that gunmand was shot as well.
Who’s the officer? My friend works there
It is not a joke anymore I tell you.
Always the drill and then the incident. Hmmm!
Larry Dawson from Tennessee. He interrupted the House last October.
that picture of Obama with the Easter Bunny says it all...
Exactly....name!
The suspect Mohammed (a recent immigrant) was screaming “Allah Ackbar” and “Death to America”.
Authorities haven’t yet established a motive, but they’re thinking it’s just another Trump supporter going over the edge....
“Always the drill and then the incident. Hmmm!”
Amazing!
Is the Easter Bunny halaal?
“...just hours after an active shooter drill in the government building...”
Just a coincidence AGAIN
where did you find that info?
Sounds like hyped-up cops over-trained to see threats everywhere.. Even an ice-cream cone looks like a hand grenade to these guys.
"Freeze! Drop it! Show me your hands! Don't move!"
Citizen: "What the...."
BANG BANG BANG BANG.
No politicians get hit!
So the moron never fired a shot and a woman bystander was hit by a piece of bullet jacket or lead fragment from a missed shot by a cop.
My conclusion as a self appointed expert.
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