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Source: ABC

Person Shot Near U.S. Capitol


WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer shot a person at New Jersey Avenue NW and C Street NW, blocks from the Capitol, according to law enforcement sources.

It happened just after 5:15 p.m.

Witnesses say a white Mercedes was traveling at a high rate of speed away from Union Station toward a Capitol parking area, where the vehicle crashed into a barricade. That's when gunfire erupted, witnesses said.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer said the wounded person was a civilian, who had been shot by a U.S. law enforcement agency. Sources say it was U.S. Capitol Police.

The wounded person was taken to the hospital for treatment. The person's condition was not immediately available.

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