U.S. Capitol Temporarily Placed On Lockdown Amid Shots Fired

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US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLPeople run for cover as police converge to the site of a shooting October 3, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLCapitol Hill police are seen at the site of a shooting October 3, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit:MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLPeople run for cover as police converge to the site of a shooting October 3, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLPolice react on Capitol Hill October 3, 2013 in Washington, DC, after shots fired were reported near 2nd Street NW and Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene.AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLCapitol Hill police and medics take a shooting victim away on a stretcher at the site of a shooting October 3, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS-WHITE HOUSEA member of the US Secret Service looks out toward Lafayette Park from the roof of the White House in Washington, DC, October 3, 2013, following reports of a shooting at the US Capitol. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

US-CAPITOL-SHOOTINGS-CAPITOLPeople take cover as gun shots are heard at the Capitol in Washington, DC on October 3, 2013. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGS CAPITOLPeople take cover as gun shots are heard at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2013. The US Capitol was placed on security lockdown Thursday after shots were fired outside the complex, senators said. "Shots fired outside the Capitol. We are in temporary lock down," Senator Claire McCaskill said on Twitter. Police were seen running within the Capitol building and outside as vehicles swarmed to the scene. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

US-POLITICS-SHOOTINGSA member of the US Secret Service stands guard on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 3, 2013, following reports of a shooting at the US Capitol. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)