US Capitol on Lockdown
After Vehicle Attack.
The United States Capitol went into lockdown
on Friday afternoon following a vehicle attack
that killed a Capitol Police officer.
It is with a very, very heavy heart that I announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries, Capitol Police chief Yogananda D. Pittman,
via news conference.
A second officer was injured after
being rammed by the vehicle and
medevacked to a hospital.
The suspect was shot and killed
after exiting the vehicle and “lunging”
at police officers with a knife.
Investigators do not yet know the motive
for the attack, but they do not currently
believe it to be “terrorism related.”
