Report: Suspect killed near U.S. Capitol identified
Oct 3, 2013, 11:03 PM | Updated: 11:18 pm
PHOENIX — A woman who was reportedly killed by U.S. Capitol Police Thursday after attempting to ram a gate at the White House has reportedly been identified.
BREAKING: Female suspect killed in Capitol Hill chase identified as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford, CT, law enforcement sources tell NBC News
— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) October 3, 2013
#BREAKING: Source says female suspect reported dead on scene at U.S. Capitol.
— ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2013
Breaking: Someone tried to ram gate at the White House, then fled to Capitol Hill. Shots were fired, but unclear by whom.
— ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2013
Cops were chasing a black car near the Capitol building. They cornered the car and that's when shots rang out.
— Chris Moody (@Chris_Moody) October 3, 2013
Looks like the black sedan crashed into the police outpost in front of Hart, only a few steps from S. Court and near Capitol
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 3, 2013
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dines believes Carey had a female child in the vehicle. She was not injured.
A police officer was reportedly injured. Police said they have no reports of an officer being shot. It is believed the Carey’s car struck a police car with the officer inside.
ABC News also reported that at least three other people were also injured. It is unknown if the injuries were caused by gunfire.
Police were seen on a local news feed surrounding a parked car. An unknown person was also seen being loaded into an ambulance.
Police have ruled out terrorism as a possible motive and said it was an isolated incident.
Arizona Rep. David Schweikert said the shooting took place on the Senate side of the Capitol. He was about 100 yards outside the Capitol when he was alerted that the building was going on lockdown.
The reported area of the shooting, First Street and Constitution, has parking for Senate members and a few “small monuments,” according to Schweikert.
Tweets saying police were scrambling after possible gunfire began to be sent out about 11:25 a.m. Arizona time.
Shots fired on the West Front, the Capitol is on lockdown
— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) October 3, 2013
Members of Congress say they heard 6 or 7 gunshots while they were on the Capitol balcony coming from near the House office buildings
— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) October 3, 2013
Senate in lockdown. Police activity outside, reports of shots fired not confirmed, officer tells me.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) October 3, 2013
Capitol police tells @ABC: “Stay away from windows. Stay away from windows.”
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) October 3, 2013
ABC News reported about 11:55 a.m. Arizona time that the lockdown of the House has been lifted.
“My staff asked me to quickly go somewhere to get safe underground,” said Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema. “That’s when they told me we were on lockdown.”
Sinema said all her staff members are safe.
KTAR’s Clayton Klapper, Holliday Moore and Martha Maurer contributed to this report.
