An armed man at the US Capitol was on Tuesday shot and captured by the police after he pointed the weapon at officers, triggering panic during the busy tourist season here in the US.
Police shot Larry Russel Dawson, 66, at an entrance of the US Capitol visitor centre. A woman bystander sustained non- life-threatening injuries in the incident.
Dawson and the woman were taken to a nearby hospital where Dawson’s condition was said to be unknown. As a result of the shooting, the US Capitol was locked down. The House and the Senate were in recess. US Capitol Police chief Matthew Verderosa ruled out that the shooting was a terrorist incident.