US Capitol on lockdown after visitor

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Channel: Healing Frequencies · 2016 · Entertainment

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BREAKING NEWS: US Capitol on lockdown after visitor opened fire shooting police officer
Shots were fired in visitor center shortly before 3pm Eastern Time 
One visitor described people screaming, running and hiding
The center was evacuated, one police officer was shot, suspect detained
The officer's wounds are not life-threatening, police confirmed
Meanwhile the Obamas are hosting the Easter Egg Roll just meters away 
White House was briefly placed on lockdown but that was soon lifted.

The US Capitol is on lockdown after a visitor opened fire, shooting and wounding a police officer. 

Staffers in the visitor center were ordered to shelter in place just before 3pm (Eastern Time) on Monday as police secured the area.

One officer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The suspect was taken in to custody within minutes of the first shot being fired, the Associated Press reported. 

One visitor, Cathryn Leff from California, described crowds running and screaming after gunshots sounded as she was walking through security.

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