Gunshots were fired on Tuesday morning near the entrance of the Pentagon, resulting in multiple injuries. The facility, the headquarters of the US military, was temporarily placed on lockdown.
The Arlington County Fire Department reported “multiple patients”, but it wasn’t immediately clear if they had been shot and the extent of their injuries were unknown.
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A police officer was among those injured, according to two law enforcement officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to discuss the investigation publicly.
The incident occurred on a Metro bus platform that is part of the Pentagon Transit Centre, the Pentagon Protection Force tweeted. The facility is just steps from the Pentagon building, which is in Arlington county, Virginia, just across the Potomac river from Washington, DC.