Shots were reportedly fired at the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday morning.
The Washington Post first reported the gunshots, said to have taken place just after 9:30 a.m. Eastern near the Rayburn House office building.
Reporters tweeted that two shots were fired in quick succession, and roughly a dozen Capitol Police cars raced down Independence Avenue in response.
Sounded like 2 quick shots, pause, one more. Dozen cap police cars raced down Independence pic.twitter.com/sHQIFMt785
— Scott Ferson (@scottferson) March 29, 2017
Sounded like shots fired at the Capitol. Our view from Rayburn. pic.twitter.com/gPerfVGM2s
— Drew Griffin (@GriffDrew4) March 29, 2017
So far, no injuries have been reported.
UPDATE — 10:04 am, EST: According to MSNBC, police officers opened fire on a car driving along Independence that hit a Capitol Police squad car and the incident appears to have ended.
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Fox News reported that the driver attempted to run over Capitol Police officers and is currently in custody.
According to video taken from the scene, the suspect appears to be a young African-American woman.
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Video shows person being taken into custody after incident at the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/IthlpRaRwI pic.twitter.com/n6x7ajtKOI (Vid: NBC)
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 29, 2017
This is a developing situation. Check back for updates.