No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say

Record ID: 1736870

  • Title: No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say
  • Date: 2nd August 2023
  • Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (AUGUST 02, 2023) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING PAST POLICE CAR BLOCKING ROAD TO THE U.S. CAPITOL / CAPITOL DOME IN BACKGROUND ARMED U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS ENTERING SENATE OFFICE BUILDING (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHIEF OF THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE, THOMAS MANGER, SAYING: “2:30 this afternoon, MPD got a call, a 911 call, saying there was an active shooter in the Hart building on the Senate side of the Capitol. We responded within seconds. We had a group there, a group of officers there. We have been training for active shooters for the last couple of years, and we've been training inside these office buildings. So, it was very quickly we had a group of about 20 officers who started going floor to floor through that building.” POLICE OFFICER ON STREET AS CAR PASSES BY U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHIEF OF THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE, THOMAS MANGER, SAYING: “So far, nothing. We've found nothing concerning. We've got nobody that has actually heard shots and certainly nobody, no victims, and as we've gone through the building, no one has said that they've seen anything.” WIDE OF POLICE OFFICER WHISTLING TO USHER A CAR FORWARD ON ROAD NEAR THE U.S. CAPITOL (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHIEF OF THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE, THOMAS MANGER, SAYING: “We're prepared for tomorrow [WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT NEARBY]. We've been working with our partners from our partner agencies here, MPD, U.S. Park, Secret Service and Federal Protection Service. We've all been working together in preparation for whenever and if the indictment, in fact, did happened, we've been talking about this for a couple of weeks now. So, we've had a couple of phone calls today. So, yeah, we're prepared for whatever might be.” WIDE OF POLICE OFFICERS ON STREET (SOUNDBITE)(English) TOURIST WHO WAS WITH HIS FAMILY IN A SENATE BUILDING WHEN THE ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT HAPPENED, COREY GATLIN, AND HIS DAUGHTER [NAME NOT GIVEN] SAYING: “We had walked through Senator Josh Hawley’s office. And what were the passes to go into?” GATLIN’S DAUGHTER: “The Senate. To go into the Senate.” GATLIN: “So they were going to take their pictures with the little passes to get in. So, we go back up there and then, all of a sudden, we hear, ‘Take coverage. Take shelter. Get down.’ At first, I thought it was just somebody, you know, maybe making fun. Maybe it was a joke. But I immediately figured out it wasn't a joke. And we ran and the wonderful people there in the senator's office embraced us, brought us in, went through the protocols that that they have and got us into the safe place. I don't want to tell exactly where that is or what that process is, because. But the process was followed, and they got us into a safe room. GATLIN’S DAUGHTER: “Everyone was great.” GATLIN: “We could hear banging and screaming. We could hear shouting in the halls, which was very unsettling. The girls were crying. The staff there was crying. And it's a scary thing. But…” GATLIN’S DAUGHTER: “They handled it amazingly.” GATLIN: “They handled it beautifully.” GATLIN FAMILY WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2023 21:41
  • Keywords: Congress Senate Trump U.S. Capitol active shooter
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001184202082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Police found no shooter, and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday (August 02).
    U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters that nothing concerning had been found after police swept three Senate office buildings. Earlier, U.S. Capitol Police urged people inside Senate office buildings to shelter in place.
    A tourist who was visiting the Senate with his family said that they were frightened as the drama unfolded but that the police and senate staff handled the crisis well.
    The U.S. Senate was in summer recess with most lawmakers not in Washington. However, congressional offices retain a skeleton staff on site. There also typically are dozens of workers staffing Senate cafeterias and coffee shops, security posts and working on building maintenance, as well as tourists in the Capitol.
    (Production: Kevin Fogarty; Julio-Cesar Chavez; Ashraf Fahim)
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