Person Shot near U.S. Capitol

[villager]

Source: ABC

Person Shot Near U.S. Capitol


WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer shot a person 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.

Witnesses say a white Mercedes was traveling at a high rate of speed away from Union Station 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 civilian, who had been shot by a U.S. law enforcement agency. Sources say it was U.S. Capitol Police.

The wounded person was taken to the hospital for treatment. The person's condition was not immediately available.

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

[timeforpeace]

1. First question you should ask in these situations: where's Cheney?

[DeSwiss]

11. Always....

[Kittycat]

18. Car was white...

Cheney is always in black or gloomy gray - the colors of the reaper.

[MrScorpio]

2. I'm not surprised

Capitol Hill resembles an armed fortress these days

[undeterred]

3. Did the CIA order something?

:shrug:

[valerief]

4. Probably someone with diplomatic immunity. They don't have to obey laws. nt

[stuball111]

5. Nutball? Or just another incident?

My first reaction is to think it's a right wing nutball, but it could just be some average, run of the mill criminal who just happened to be near the capitol.

[zbdent]

12. run of the mill criminal ...

in a white mercedes ...

right ...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. Probably someone

who couldn't figure out what lane to get into to get back to Union Station.

That area is a traffic nightmare, and all the barricades that are up now have made it so damn ugly. We used to be able to walk right up to the National Christmas Tree, and now, yeah, try finding a parking place.

A total drag.............................

[DebbieCDC]

7. Local DC news reporting cops were chasing driver in a hit & run accident

Or as Tangerine says, got lost in the maze around Union Station!

[brooklynite]

8. Fox News claiming he was fleeing from a robbery at Union Station

[msanthrope]

9. Kimberly Snyder, DC Metro Spokeswoman is trying to tell the story.

On MSNBC--

Very little info, but she is trying to be helpful.

Shooter chased by cops, when I have more, will post.

[tomm2thumbs]

10. Apparently he's dead

according to latest reports
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_go_co/us_capitol_police

[DainBramaged]

13. How soon before we find out A) he is a Freeper B) he belongs to a white

supremacist group, and C) has made threatening remarks to either President Obama or towards Judge Sotomayor?

I will bet $50 which I will donate to DU if I am wrong.

[47of74]

20. Good questions

It would not surprise me in the least if the deceased was a Freeper and/or a member of some far-right group.

[rabs]

14. Photo of the scene, shooting victim being put into ambulance.

published by the newspaper El Espectador of Bogota, Colombia.




Man, 35, shot to death after he got out of his car with a weapon, according to article.

[The abyss]

15. Thanks rabs! Interesting where we have to run…

in order to find breaking news photos occurring in this country.

Again Thanks!

[rabs]

16. You're welcome ...

FYI the photo published in the Colombian newspaper that highlights the U.S. Capitol in the background was from the official Spanish news agency EFE. :shrug:

The AP was late to get the ball rolling, because its photos in the Yahoo article are lousy.

[geckosfeet]

17. Darned Domino pizza delivery cars. They drive like maniacs.

[The abyss]

19. Wow – quick lock and move for this story!

[mp9200]

21. Crazy

Absolutely insane.

[Historic NY]

22. followup story

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1718596

<The prior run-in may help explain why 27-year-old Kellen Anthony White fled from a traffic stop Wednesday near the Capitol.

Maryland court records show White of Brandywine was on supervised probation for gun charges, assault upon a police officer, and drug charge convictions last year in Prince George's County.
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