A possible active shooter was reported at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the Capitol Police said, urging people inside Senate office buildings to shelter in place.

*WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A possible active shooter was reported at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the Capitol Police said, urging people inside Senate office buildings to shelter in place.

The U.S. Senate was in summer recess and the majority of lawmakers were not in their offices.

“If you are inside the Senate Buildings, everyone inside should be sheltering in place as the report was for a possible active shooter. It should be noted that we do not have any confirmed reports of gunshots,” the U.S. Capitol Police said in a post on social media.

Police said they were responded to an emergency call. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington*

  • dhork@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 years ago

    FYI, article has been updated to indicate it might have been a false alarm. Article uses the term “bad call”…

    Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible “bad call,” Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Hugh Carew said.