D.C. Cops: Armed Man Shot near Capitol Building

[Blue_Tires]

Source: CBS

AP) Authorities in Washington say police shot a man who pointed a gun at them near the U.S. Capitol building, where Congress is based.

U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider says a lookout went out around 5 a.m. Friday for a man with a gun.

Officers later saw the man, who pointed the gun at them. Schneider says the officers opened fire after the man refused to drop his weapon.

The man, whose name has not been released, was brought to a hospital. His condition is not immediately known.

No other injuries were reported.

Schneider says the Metropolitan Police Department is assisting with the investigation.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/17/national/main6875448.shtml?tag=topnews

[Joanne98]

1. Suicide by cop?

[Lost4words]

2. sure sounds like it, the number of suicides is up in the USA

not that the M$M will report it.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. yep...

you don't point guns at cops unless you A) intend to shoot them, which he didn't, or B)want them to shoot you.

[luvspeas]

3. It's starting to get a little scary around here...

Johns Hopkins, One Discovery Place, and now the Capital? Everybody needs to chill the heck out!

[elleng]

6. I'm hiding here

(in Hagerstown!!!)

[wordpix]

17. yesterday I thought Mr. Road Rage was gonna kill me b/c I stopped my car for an emergency vehicle

like you're supposed to. He gunned his engine, went around me in heavy traffic into the oncoming lane, yelled FU and gave me the finger---all b/c I didn't go on a green light right away when the siren was near.

Agreed, this city needs something it's not getting. How about jobs for the unemployed.

[activa8tr]

4. Well, it could be another one of those "Second Amendment" guys..

making sure his right to carry a gun is not taken away by Obama and Congress.

Looking forward to finding out if this guy was a Glenn Beck viewer.

[mikelgb]

5. Why does this story read like a children's book?

[elleng]

7. Simple; few facts available.

[AlbertCat]

14. Simple; few facts available.

Well, at least they got the fact that Congress is based in the Capital Building.

[RKP5637]

9. Isn't that true... It's about at the 4th grade level or earlier. CBS? I was

wondering if that's how far the US has dropped, that news has to be written for children...

[mikelgb]

11. Yeah , I half expected this sentence:

The man was brought to a hospital. A hospital is where they heal people.

[AlbertCat]

15. It's a building full of patients...but that's not important now...

....and don't call me Shirley.

[Recursion]

18. GMTA

I kept resisting the temptation to post that...

[RKP5637]

19. Yeah, in an ambulance. An ambulance is the thing used to carry sick people. It has

flashing lights. Can you count the lights?

[Recursion]

13. SMOG scores

http://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp

Paste in some articles from 50 years ago vs. today. Or compare current media with each other. Watch our literacy plummet in real time!

[Ian David]

10. I will not drop it on the ground, I will not drop it I have found. n/t

[Recursion]

8. An armed man? Shot by cops? In DC?

What a rare event :sarcasm:

Oh... he was white and west of the river... suddenly people care...

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. The fact that it was on Capitol grounds makes it newsworthy

[indyinva]

20. Shot heard

Got out of my vehicle(0500) at the CPP (Capitol Power Plant) talking to fellow co-workers (3)when we heard the shots. 5-6 Shots heard.