US Capitol put on lockdown after 2 cops slammed by vehicle: police

US Capitol put on lockdown after 2 cops slammed by vehicle: police

WASHINGTON: At least two officials have been harmed close to the US Capitol, police affirmed late Friday, as a vehicle slammed into the administrative structure under a quarter of a year after the Congress went under assault from a limit right crowd.

Specialists said the US Capitol has been put on lockdown in the midst of reports of shots having been discharged in the "basic occurrence". The National Guard troops were likewise assembled.

The suspect — who was in care subsequent to being shot attempting to leave the vehicle with a blade close by — kicked the bucket without further ado a while later, NBC and ABC News reported.The US Capitol Police informed on Twitter about some street terminations "because of the outer security danger" and said the two injured officials were "moved to the clinic".

Roads encompassing the US Capitol and legislative places of business were secured, with many squad cars — checked and plain — hustled toward America's authoritative seat.

All streets prompting the complex were obstructed by police or cops.

TV film showed a blue car that had collided with a security hindrance on one of the roads prompting Congress, as what gave off an impression of being the harmed officials were stacked onto carts and into ambulances.