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Shooting outside Pentagon leaves officer dead Tuesday, 03 August 2021 10:56 PM
[ Last Update: Tuesday, 03 August 2021 10:56 PM ] US law enforcement officers are seen near the entrance of the Pentagon after a report of an active shooter and lockdown in Washington, DC on August 3, 2021. (AFP photo)
A US police officer has died during a shooting outside the Pentagon building, multiple reports say.
According to US media reports, the shooting event caused a lockdown of the building in Washington, DC, after it occurred on the bus platform on the Pentagon complex. The Pentagon has lifted the lock down and has reopened. Corridor 2 and the Metro entrance remains closed. Corridor 3 is open for pedestrian traffic,” the Pentagon Force Protection Agency said later.
Pentagon locked down after shooting at subway station
By AFP - Aug 04,2021 - Last updated at Aug 04,2021
Virginia Sate Troopers patrol near the Pentagon after report of an active shooter and lockdown in Washington, DC, on Tuesday (AFP photo)
WASHINGTON The Pentagon went on lockdown on Tuesday after a shooting at a bus and subway station just outside the highly secure US military headquarters.
Employees in the US Defence Department office complex in the Arlington suburb of Washington were ordered to shelter in place for more than an hour after gunfire erupted in the station, the entrance of which is just a few metres from the building’s main doors.
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The Pentagon lifted the lockdown roughly an hour and a half after multiple gunshots were fired near the Metro bus platform outside the building on Tuesday morning.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, which sent out a lockdown alert following the shooting event, said at the noon time that the facility reopened and the scene of the incident is secure though remains an active crime scene.
The gunman was shot by a Pentagon police officer and did not get inside the Pentagon building, the agency s official told POLITICO. One other officer was injured and sent to hospital.
The Pentagon has lifted the lock down and has reopened, the agency said on Twitter. We request that everyone stay away from the Metro rail entrance and bus platform area.