WASHINGTON, March 29 – RIA Novosti, Grigory Dubovitsky The law enforcement agencies of the US capital were raised on Monday the alarm after an armed man tried to get into the center of the building for the US Congress visitors
Despite the fact that on duty at the entrance of the police special forces were able to quickly neutralize the man, using a firearm, the whole complex of buildings has been blocked by Congress, and the people who were there have withdrawn to a safe place. In addition, some adjacent to Capitol Hill streets were closed. In view of the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and a large number of tourists in the heart of Washington, these measures seemed quite justified.
It was later revealed that the incident was not an attempt of act of terrorism and “criminal offense” protester single, which the police already know ” on previous occasions. ” Besides him, the little injured woman to be around.
Shooting proactive
As told later reporters police chief Capitol Matthew Verderoza, the incident occurred around 14.40 local time (21.40 MSK). An unidentified man at the entrance to the building passed through a metal detector, which immediately “rang”.
One of the officers asked the visitor to put all metal objects on the man pulled out a gun hidden under his jacket and pointed it at the guard order. In response, police opened fire on him.
Verderoza did not specify how many were wounded man, adding only that he was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery.
” According to preliminary investigation, we believe that acting is one man who frequently visited the Capitol earlier is no reason to believe that it is something more than a criminal offense. “- said a police spokesman, bearing in mind that this is not an attempt to terrorist attack.
He added that as a result of the shooting “small wound” had a woman who was in the room. Media clarify that she was injured, “fragments”. There were no casualties among the police.
Later, representatives of law enforcement agencies reported that an armed man was a 66-year-old Larry Dawson from Tennessee. He often came to Capitol Hill and arranged for a protest there. In October, police have arrested Dawson, when he tried to disrupt the meeting of the House of Representatives with shouts of “God’s prophet.” Later, the court forbade him to appear in Congress.
No one in, no one let
The incident, which, thanks to the vigilance of the police has not ended in tragedy, was another test for the law enforcement agencies in the US capital in the light of recent terrorist attacks in Europe.
© AP Photo / Rachel La Corte
After receiving the first reports, several buildings of the Congress have been closed, “the castle” ( “lockdown” ) in accordance with the mode, which is entered in case of danger. All employees were instructed to “stay in the shelter,” and the many tourists who were in the building were evacuated to a safe place. Congress these days is on vacation, so no hearing on Monday was not in the building.
At the same time law enforcement officers blocked off several streets adjacent to the Congress. An hour later, with a little, when it became clear that the threat is gone, these precautions have been canceled. The police chief of the Capitol reported that the visitor center will start operating normally on Tuesday morning, and the police will take all measures for the safety of people.
Shooting in the congress coincided with the incident at the White House, where a woman I am trying to push the fence next to the residence of the American president. Employees of the Secret Service detained her and soon reported that the offending nothing to do with the armed man in Congress.
It is worth noting that in these days in the US capital have come thousands of tourists from other states and from other countries – Washington hosts the annual festival of cherry blossom, which coincided with the Catholic Easter
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