Early news is that a car refused to stop at a checkpoint to enter the Capitol Hill complex. Shots have been fired.
ETA: Staffers have been told to stay inside due to an external threat.
the car struck 2 capitol police and was shot. police and suspect at hospital. the car is smashed into the barrier.
the injuries are critical.
Let’s just give up and begin selling bananas to tourists.
the driver who brandished a knife after crashing the car, has died from the gunshot.
Sounds like one of the Capitol Police officers also died.
yes, the press conference announced the death.
capital on lockdown as a car tried to get through the north barricade. shots were fired.
the car struck 2 capital police officers and the suspect was shot. all are in hospital.
a copter actually landed at the capitol which is very rare. usually happens only during inauguration.
the driver of the car has died from the gunshot.
Well, that sucks. Now we may never know just exactly what s/he planned on doing after getting through the barricade. Unless they left behind a note or FB posts or IMs etc.
press briefing at 2:45 ish. president is at camp david, vp is at the naval observatory, and senate and congress are not in session, most have gone home.
the briefing started a few minutes early.
one of the police officers has died due to the injuries caused by the car.
One report said that at least one officer was also stabbed, but it is not clear if that caused the fatality.
Here’s more:
Oh, shit.
We’re not gonna be able to get rid of all these barriers around buildings any time soon, are we?
Not that I really thought we could –
I very much hope some statements have been left to show motive; whether on social media or in a paper notebook under the bed.
Not a chance. The Republican party is enabling the madness because they are out of ideas, out of rhetoric. They can’t compete in the marketplace of ideas, so they’re going to play a different game.
Modnote: This little rant has no place in this thread. Please don’t take this off into a polticial debate.
According to NBC News:
Four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation identified the suspect as a 25-year-old man from Indiana, Noah Green.
Law-enforcement sources said Green recently lived in Virginia. In postings on social media, he said he’d been unemployed and had a “tough” past “few years.” He also said he was a follower of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has long used anti-Semitic and homophobic rhetoric. The Nation of Islam has been deemed an extremist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
You messed up the nature of the thread. This was supposed to be an angry white male Trump supporter and when that was “confirmed” it would have been a 100 reply pile on. Your reply does not fit in with the standards of the board.
The guy seems to have been your typical paranoid schizophrenic type.