<p><figure id="attachment_3146" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3146" style="width: 296px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitol_shooting-car.jpg"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitol_shooting-car.jpg" alt="" title="capitol_shooting car" width="296" height="197" class="size-full wp-image-3146" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3146" class="wp-caption-text">Wrecked car after woman was shot dead following spectacular chase</figcaption></figure><strong>CRAZY LADY SHOWED NATION HOW TO UNITE WHITE HOUSE &#038; CONGRESS IN QUICK TRIP TO THE HILL</strong>&#8230;<strong>NBC 4 confirms woman shot dead by cops</strong>&#8230;&#8230;woman had attempted to ram White House gate&#8230;was chased by Secret Service&#8230;she injured one Secret Service officer at White House when she rammed with her car, reportedly not armed.<br />
&#8230;cop hurt in crash when he rammed security barrier during chase&#8230;armored vehicles seen on streets near Capitol&#8230;The incident reportedly began when an unidentified woman tried to drive through a barricade at the White House. She had a child in the back seat of her vehicle. The woman fled the area and ended up at the Capitol, where she reportedly tried to drive through another barricade.</p>
<p>Authorities opened fire on the vehicle, killing the woman, authorities say.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting-ap_296.png"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting-ap_296.png" alt="" title="capitolshooting-ap_296" width="296" height="197" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3133" /></a>ABC News reports the child in the vehicle with the woman is unharmed.</p>
<p>Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., told reporters he was walking from the Capitol to the Senate Russell Office Building across the street when he noticed several police officers driving fast up Constitution Avenue on motorcycles.</p>
<p>&#8220;Within seconds of that,&#8221; Casey said, &#8220;we heard three, four, five pops,&#8221; which he assumed were gunshots. He said police ordered Casey and nearby tourists to crouch behind a car for protection.</p>
<p><figure id="attachment_3127" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3127" style="width: 296px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting-samford_296.jpg"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting-samford_296.jpg" alt="" title="capitolshooting-samford_296" width="296" height="197" class="size-full wp-image-3127" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3127" class="wp-caption-text">Shooting near Capitol building. WJLA / Sam Ford</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting2_296.jpg"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitolshooting2_296.jpg" alt="" title="capitolshooting2_296" width="296" height="197" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3124" /></a>WASHINGTON &#8212; WJLA &#8211; The U.S. Capitol is on lockdown. Reuters is reporting shots were fired outside the capitol. <a href="http://www.wjla.com/live/">LIVE FEED </a></p>
<p>People standing outside the Supreme Court across the street from Congress were hurried into the court building by authorities.</p>
<p>In a notice distributed by email, the U.S. Capitol Police advised everyone to &#8220;close, lock and stay away from external doors and windows.The notice said gunshots have been reported on Capitol Hill.</p>
<p>NBC 4 in Washington showed video of officer being taken to a U S Park Police helicopter after being injured in a car chase.<br />
LOCKDOWN in Capitol has been lifted, according to WRC News&#8230;</p>