<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>NBC 4 / A shocking communication gap may have contributed to the chaos during yesterday&#8217;s incident at the U.S. Capitol.</p>
<p>U.S. Capitol Police officers first thought it was a motorcade. After 34-year-old Miriam Carey drove her car into a White House barrier, Secret Service officers chasing her from the White House were unable to radio ahead to warn Capitol Police the vehicle was headed straight for the U.S. Capitol.</p>
<p>The black Infiniti was stopped at a barricade on the west side of the U.S. Capitol campus, but the cops surrounding it were from the U.S. Secret Service.</p>
<p>Had they been able to warn Capitol Police, there would have been a critical extra 30-45 seconds to put up perimeter barriers. But their two-way radios are not compatible.</p>
<p>Federal officers faced a similar obstacle responding to the Sept. 16 mass shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. They could not communicate with each other.</p>
<p>“They couldn&#8217;t talk about what was going on,” said Andy Maybo of the Fraternal Order of Police. &#8220;They couldn&#8217;t communicate where the shooter was. Some police agencies have radios that are meant for tow trucks and cab drivers.&#8221;</p>
<p>The situation was supposed to have been corrected after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks but was delayed by budget and other problems.</p>
<p>In Thursday&#8217;s incident, a perimeter barrier finally popped up on Constitution Avenue after the Infiniti passed over it. A U.S. Capitol Police cruiser struck the barrier, injuring an officer.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not clear whether the extra seconds would have made a difference in the outcome in which Carey was shot and killed.</p>
<p>&#8220;At the White House and the Capitol, the security perimeters worked,” Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday. &#8220;They did exactly what they were supposed to do.&#8221;</p>