Shots fired at the Capital

[1-Old-Man]

Congress goes into immediate recess

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Are you serious?

ETA: You are. Scary.

[1-Old-Man]

2. Just announced on Cspan, as the House debate shuts down for immediate recess

[maddezmom]

4. Yikes just saw the red alert on CSPAN that Capitol is on lockdown

Hope everyone is okay.

[The Straight Story]

3. Video:

http://instagram.com/p/fA93ZEp_Da/#

[leftyohiolib]

5. rmvd a tad insensitive

[Whisp]

19. if anyone has seen House of Cards with Kevin Spacey

maybe this is something like that brick that came in through his window.

...

[winter is coming]

33. Thank you for doing that. n/t

[leftyohiolib]

49. yeah as much as i dislike them and what theyre doing, bullets are serious

[Marrah_G]

6. live on MSNBC

[maddezmom]

8. Russet saying he heard 3 distinct booms

[Cerridwen]

7. Kick. Thanks.

[dgibby]

9. MSNBC also reporting this.

Luke Russert, who's office is on west side (where shots were heard) is reporting that he heard the sounds, looked out, saw people running, etc. Capitol immediately went into lockdown. MSNBC can't confirm reports were definitely shots.

[Cerridwen]

10. Reports of gunshots and injured Capitol police officer.

Listening to c-span.

[dgibby]

16. Damn!

Hope s/he/they are ok. MSNBC reporting they're hearing more than one injured.

[Cerridwen]

22. Confusion...c-span/ap reporting just one. Hope both are wrong

and is none.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

11. WTF? I bet it's a middle aged white male tea publican follower

[Skip Intro]

20. Oh, definitely white!!!

[Cali_Democrat]

24. ...

[onenote]

60. I recall seeing similar declarations during and immediately after the Navy Yard shooting

Who knows who or why someone opened fire up there. My only thoughts are with those who may have been targeted, no matter what the reason or who was responsible.

[Skip Intro]

70. Yes, and I agree. Why some have to drag race into it is beyond me.

I just read they have someone in custody. Hopefully he will be punished for laws broken, and anyone injured will be ok.

[gopiscrap]

30. I wouldn't be surprised about that either.

[B Calm]

76. Seeing how he tried to get into the White House first, I

would say it's a whacked out teabagger!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

12. K&R for visibility

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Maybe this will finally get gun-control legislation through Congress?

[Squinch]

68. Sound like people might have been shot. I'm not laughing.

[madrchsod]

14. oh boy, another crazy ass making a statement

[bunnies]

15. At 2nd and Constituion!

Coincidence MY ASS!

edit: Now seems maybe it was 1st. We'll see.

[Cali_Democrat]

23. Really? That's where the shots were fired?

[bunnies]

26. Read that in another thread.

But now theres reports that it was 1st. Guess we'll find out soon enough.

[maddezmom]

25. So different location

[Sanity Claws]

31. 2nd and Constitution? ironic, isn't it?

Made me think of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. You know the one that has been misinterpreted to allow these gun nuts to go around unregulated.

[bunnies]

59. Exactly.

And as expected, the RW bags on the fox news site are celebrating.

[kentuck]

84. Very astute observation.

Thanks!

[etherealtruth]

34. Seriously ... ?

My god ... a world gone mad

[Puzzledtraveller]

17. Oh shi'!

Where's Ted Nugent?

[lpbk2713]

21. Rethugs are batshit crazy.

Expect anything from them

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. You are "jumping the gun". Let's await more information. nt

[Bonx]

42. 'Jumping the gun' is what we do here.

[JustAnotherGen]

47. +1

I'm not making accusations right now - I'm hoping people are okay.

[dgibby]

27. Several officers injured.

Helicopter just landed near west front of Capitol bldg., according to MSNBC.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

32. This is really sad. Officers doing their job to protect the elites end up injured

[dgibby]

54. And not getting paid, either, because of shutdown. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Perhaps the Capitol. nt

[1-Old-Man]

39. 2 different repots, one is saying the Senate Office building, the other is saying also the Capital

and now they are reporting that there may still be a shooter "out there".

[maddezmom]

43. I think the suspect may have taken flight in a black car

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. Capitol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol

[Pretzel_Warrior]

52. Curious thread to be a grammar/spelling Nazi. Whatever.

It's a slight pet peeve of mine too when people misuse Capital/Capitol in wrong instance, but jaysus!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

57. I tried to be exceedingly gentle. It wasn't gentle enough to please everyone.

The word is going to be used a lot in the forthcoming hours and days.

[1-Old-Man]

61. Sorry, got them mixed up there: Capital is the city, Capitol is the building.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

64. Thank you for your original post. nt

[YoungDemCA]

35. Holy fuckin shit....

Goddamn.

[Blaukraut]

36. My first thought: Some crazy teabagger demanding to be let into a closed (due to shutdown) area n/t

[Bonx]

88. Bad guess. -nt

[Blaukraut]

89. Yes, very bad guess. I was so wrong about that. Not to make excuses, but I do wonder

How many other people's immediate suspicion was 'crazy teabagger', especially when the reports came in that the person tried to ram a WH gate. That might be the result of my fear of, and anger at, the fringe right. Still, as I said, no excuse. I was wrong.

[pinto]

37. Oh no.

[seabeyond]

38. active shooter situation. the shooter is still out there. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

51. dayum.

hope he doesn't kill anybody.

[randome]

40. This gives Boehner an out.

He can now say 'Due to the emergency situation, we will forgo doing our moral duty as pikers and has-beens and pass a clean CR."
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[kelliekat44]

41. I felt in my bones that this was going to happen. Which ever side it is this madness must be

stopped. We all need to take a collective breath and the GOP especially need to think about what they are trying to do, why they are trying to do it, and what will be accomplished in the long run. Will America really be a better place for their own children and grandchildren or do they just not give a damn?

[johnd83]

44. Holy f---

Not good.

[byronius]

45. Teabagger comments at the ABC News feed are cheering, think the Civil War is starting.

And they're all bragging up how many guns they have.

I think they'd be in for a rude surprise, if such a thing were true. They all talk like tough guys, but in my experience they're all whiny little children with Big Dreams.

[City Lights]

50. More proof that Republicanism is a disease.

They are in serious need of mental health care.

[get the red out]

65. That is so weird

I almost can't wrap my mind around their thinking. It's like a bad novel.

[B Calm]

78. What more proof do we need before we start calling them traitors?

[The Big Green]

46. maybe this will hit congress a little too close to home...

but the gun lobby is probably too strong.

[JustAnotherGen]

53. I hope not

It would break my heart if someone like Pelosi or Grayson or any number of people were hurt right now . . .

[Pretzel_Warrior]

58. Very interesting choice of names

Verrrrrrry interesting

[JustAnotherGen]

81. Why Pretzel?

Because I feel they are two of the most vulnerable? And let's face it - Pelosi is a hero to a LOT of American women. And they - them ones - HATE her for it. And you know it.

Don't you dare accuse me of being a some kind of troll. Shame on you.

[dgibby]

71. Pete Williams, NBC,

reporting that incident started at WH with an attempted breech, continued as a car chase to left front of Capitol, where shots were fired and officers injured. Not believed to be an active shooter situation at present.(MSNBC).

[mnmoderatedem]

69. It made no difference with Gabby Giffords

but then she's a democrat so.....

[meadowlark5]

55. Will being shot at make them see the gravity of the situation?

It's bad enough the repukes are holding onto the govt shutdown, but you have tv and radio out there inciting nuts right over the edge with it.

They need to end this shit now! Dumbasses.

[LiberalLoner]

56. Chopper just lifted off to medevac injured person.

[seabeyond]

62. unconfirmed shooter has been taken in custody. nt

[LiberalLoner]

63. Reporting it is all over, said it started at White House, waiting for confirmation

[Blaukraut]

66. That has wingnut written all over it n/t

[LiberalLoner]

73. Oh God showing a Capitol policeman on a stretcher, loaded into ambulance

Please God let him live, let his injuries be light and heal fast.

[get the red out]

79. +1

Praying the same.

[maddezmom]

67. According to Pete Williams incident started with an attempted breach at the WH

Then continued from there. For all intents and purposes it situation is over.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

72. Well, according to some it is possibly a domestic dispute.

the denial...it be thick

[maddezmom]

74. ABC Source: white female suspect reported dead on the scene

[maddezmom]

75. Attempt to Ram WH Gate ends with Female Suspect Dead

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/shots-us-capitol-puts-senators-lockdown/t/story?id=20460948&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[HipChick]

82. There was a baby in the car?

[maddezmom]

87. According to reports yes and recovered unharmed

[maddezmom]

85. Now NBC is reporting condition of suspect unknown

[magical thyme]

77. the house side is no longer on lockdown, per nbcnews live...nt

[Pretzel_Warrior]

80. Good! Then fucking CR and raise debt ceiling today, you cowardly traitors

[1-Old-Man]

86. They seem to still be in Recess though, because Cspan hasn't resumed floor coverage.

If you had been watching Cspan at the time it would have seemed very confusing. Democrats were standing up to the Republicans by demanding that the clean CR be considered and then out of nowhere the Chair banged the gavel and put the House into recess - no explanation given. Cspan went to some Republican dog-and-pony and then came back with an announcement that there had been shooting. They followed that with a posted alert about the shooting on the bottom of the screen.

[disidoro01]

83. Did she really

Shoot at anyone? I doubt it, the police took her out and that was it and thankfully the child seems to be safe.