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*

  • echodot@feddit.uk
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    2 years ago

    If somebody is actually dumb enough to do that then they’re probably dumb enough to do it from the personal phone. So this shouldn’t exactly require Sherlock Holmes to investigate.