A man has shot and killed himself after driving into a barricade near the US Capitol Building. 9News
A man shot and killed himself after driving into a vehicle barricade near the US Capitol Building in Washington DC, police said.
He then left his car, which became "engulfed in flames," and fired several shots into the air, Capitol Police said in a statement.A man has died after crashing a car into a barricade near the US Capitol building and shooting himself. "At this time, it does not appear the man was targeting any members of Congress, who are on recess, and it does not appear officers fired their weapons," the statement read.DC's Metropolitan Police Department is handling the death investigation, the statement said.A man driving a car struck a barrier near the US Capitol building in Washington DC morning and opened fire before fatally shooting himself, police said.
Manger added that the man had a criminal history from "over the past 10 years or so," but that there was no information to indicate motive and "no political ideology that we're aware of at this point.
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