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From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 28, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 28, 2016
‘No active threat to public,’ DC police say
The lockdown around the Capitol is apparently being lifted, after a potential gunman was shot and lightly injured.
“There has been an isolated incident at the US Capitol. There is no active threat to the public,” Washington police say on Twitter.
A US Secret Service agent stands guard at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2016. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
CNN reports that the White House was locked down over a separate incident in which an individual hopped a fence and tried to gain entrance to the building.
It says the two incidents were not linked.
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