Shots fired near the Captial

Driver killed after chase from White House to Capitol

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By Peter Hermann, Ed O’Keefe and David A. Fahrenthold, Updated: Thursday, October 3, 6:33 PM

downtown Washington, when police shot and killed the driver on a street near the U.S. Capitol, police said.

 

A car chase that began when a driver struck a White House security barrier ended across 

The woman driving the car was unarmed, law enforcement sources said. All the shots in the incident, which began about 2:14 p.m., were fired by police trying to stop her. Police fired at the car in at least two locations, as the car drove across Washington, and around the Capitol area.