Capitol dome building itself. The shooter apparently entered on the senate side of things, and apparently pulled a weapon, and was himself or herself we dont know the gender of the shooter shift by Law Enforcement shot by Law Enforcement. We heard the individual has been transported to a hospital. Originally we had reports from a number of sources, including Law Enforcement, indicating that one Capitol Hill Police officer, one Capitol Police officer had also been injured in this incident. Now were being told by our capitol hill producer, chad pergram, who knows the hill better than anyone else here, that there is no officer down. We have heard from some eye witnesses that the incident occurred near the end of a given tour of School Children. This is a woman whose child was in one of these tours. Her husband was actually with the kid during the tour, and the husband was texting her from inside the Capitol Visitor Center saying, in essence, it sound like, quote, full clip of a gun had be
Attention and that would have capitol hill and the white house on lockdown, suggests to us that for the moment theyre taking the reports of shots fired actually now from the Associated Press we now have clarity. Capitol police now report, capitol officials report one Capitol Police officer has been shot, is not seriously injured and the shooter is in custody. Theres no way to know in the early going, when reports like this come, in especially in washington, whether the reports of shots fired might be something falling off the back of a truck or somebody dropping something in a crowded stairwell, but in this case we can now confirm through the Associated Press, not from fox news, but through the Associated Press, one Capitol Police officer has been shot, not seriously wounded, and the shooter is in custody. This is citing information now from the sergeant at arms. Between, this just coming to us on the fox news deck. From a sergeant at arms officer, Police Officer wound is not serious.
I thought it was a jogger at first. Someone clad in black ran up the sidewalk on the north side of Constitution Avenue, just across from the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol. But it was too fast for a jogger. There was an urgency. This was a female U.S. Capitol Police officer, wearing a
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I know of U.S. Capitol Police officers who are hurting. Smarting. Reeling. This, nearly a month after the insurrection at the Capitol they are paid to protect.
I know of Congressional aides who are hurting. Smarting. Reeling. This, after a violent mob shattered windows and jimmied doors, storming through the Capitol in which they work.
And these are the aides who
weren’t at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
These were staffers
working from home during the pandemic. They’re still upset after seeing an insurrection of the highest order in their workplace.