Washington, Aug 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man drove his car into a vehicle barricade on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and fired gunshots before killing himself.
The incident occurred at East Capitol Street and Second Street just after 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a press release from the Capitol Police.
The car "became engulfed in flames" while the man was getting out of it. Then he "fired several shots into the air" along East Capitol Street.
"When our officers heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately responded and were approaching the man when he shot himself," the release read.
Nobody else was hurt. 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, police said.
Investigators are looking into the man's background, while D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department is handling the death investigation.
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
