The wild fox that bit nine people, including a congressman and a reporter on Capitol Hill, has tested positive for rabies.
D.C. health officials told FOX 5 in a statement it is "contacting all human victims who were bitten by the fox."
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday said they received multiple reports of people on the Capitol grounds being bitten by a fox, according to FOX News officials. Just after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, USCP sent a tweet notifying the public that the "aggressive" fox has been captured. DC Health says three fox kits were recovered from the den site of the female fox who tested positive for rabies.
"I’m not too surprised," said one resident FOX 5 spoke with. "They’re in our neighborhood in Arlington. We’ll hear strange sounds in the evening that are most likely fox so not surprised they made their way across the river as well."
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