A person drove his automobile right into a barricade close to the US Capitol in Washington DC early Sunday after which started firing gunshots within the air earlier than fatally taking pictures himself, police mentioned.

The incident occurred simply earlier than 4am when the person rammed his automobile right into a automobile barricade close to the Capitol.

Whereas the person was getting out of the crashed automobile, it turned engulfed in flames, police mentioned.

“At the moment, it doesn’t seem the person was focusing on any members of Congress, who’re on recess, and it doesn’t seem officers fired their weapons,” Capitol Police mentioned.

Police mentioned the person then fired a number of gunshots into the air alongside East Capitol Avenue. As police responded and approached, the person shot himself, police mentioned. Nobody was else injured.

It comes at a time when regulation enforcement authorities throughout the nation are going through an rising variety of threats and federal officers have warned concerning the potential of violent assaults on authorities buildings within the days because the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida.

AP