Thread: Capital Hill shooting

well er....nearby but that wouldn't make as good of a title

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0709/640701.html

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer shot a 35-year-old man at New Jersey Avenue NW and C Street NW, blocks from the Capitol, according to law enforcement sources.

It happened just after 5:15 p.m.

Robert Drum, a tourist from Edmond, Oklahoma, said he saw a white Mercedes being chased at a high rate of speed by two police cruisers toward a Capitol parking area, where the vehicle crashed into a barricade. That's when gunfire erupted, witnesses said.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer said the wounded person was a 35-year-old civilian, who was shot by a U.S. law enforcement agency. Sources say it was U.S. Capitol Police.

The wounded man was taken to Washington Hospital Center's MedStar trauma unit in critical condition, Piringer said.

The shooting happened just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

Police sealed off some of the entrances to the U.S. Capitol after reports of gunfire a few blocks away. The all-clear was sounded about 5:35 p.m.

Police closed of Constitution Avenue between First St. NW and First St. NE.

ABC 7 News has multiple crews on the scene. Check back for further updates.

well according to what i'm hearing the barrier was at/near the senate basement parking lot and near the confirmation hearings (supposedly)

EDIT: Found the location, its near the Taft memorial and about a block away (wanna say half mile or so but not sure) from the Russell Senate Building

and looks like at least a mile from the Hill