Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon was on lockdown Tuesday morning after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station. At least one person was down, according to two people familiar with the shooting, who spoke...
by: By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
Posted: Aug 3, 2021 / 11:14 AM EST / Updated: Aug 3, 2021 / 11:23 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon was connected lockdown Tuesday greeting aft aggregate gunshots were fired adjacent a level by the facility’s Metro station.
At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was down, according to 2 radical acquainted with the shooting, who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to merchandise accusation publicly. The person’s information was not known.
The incidental occurred connected a Metro autobus level that is portion of the Pentagon Transit Center, the Pentagon Protection Force Protection Agency tweeted.
A Pentagon announcement said the installation was connected lockdown owed to “police activity.”
Metro subway trains were ordered to bypass the Pentagon owed to a constabulary investigation.
An Associated Press newsman adjacent the gathering heard aggregate gunshots.
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