Early sunday morning man driving a car struck a barrier near the U.S. Capitol and opened fire before fatally shooting himself.
The man crashed into the barrier on the east side of the Capitol just after 4 a.m. Sunday morning, and his car went up in flames as he was getting out, U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement. The man fired several shots into the air and turned the gun on himself No one else was hurt. Capitol Police said that “investigators are looking into the man’s background.”Authorities said no other injuries were reported and police do not believe any officers returned fire.
Capitol Police said the man shot himself as the officers neared. He was later pronounced dead.
In April 2021, a man rammed his car into officers standing near a security barricade, killing one and injuring another. The man, 25-year-old Noah Green, was shot and killed by police.
In October 2021, a man named Dale Paul Melvin was arrested after parking his vehicle outside the Supreme Court across the street from the Capitol and refusing to leave. Melvin returned in February 2022 but left without being arrested.
