Car smashed into the barrier at US Capitol complex. Two people are on stretchers.
Car smashed into the barrier at US Capitol complex. Two people are on stretchers.
Two US Capitol Police officers seriously injured by car at Capitol checkpoint, driver shot and in police custody. All three transported to hospital.
UPDATE - A law enforcement official confirms that at least one of the officers was stabbed.
Earlier, a senior Congressional aide and a US Capitol Police source told CNN that after a driver rammed a car into a barricade on Constitution Avenue, the driver exited the vehicle brandishing a knife.
The US Capitol Police responded and shot the suspect, who was taken into custody, according to police. The sources say the suspect was conscious and taken to a hospital.
UPDATE - ABC/NBC report the suspect shot by Capitol Police is dead.
UPDATE - USCP says the US Capitol incident is not terrorism-related at this time. One police officer and suspect dead after the US Capitol incident, according to the USCP press conference.
