Congress and White House on lockdown amid reports of gunshots

[dana_b]

Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/

ASSOCIATED PRESS MARCH 28, 2016
The U.S. Capitol Police are telling staff in the Capitol complex to shelter in place after a report of gunshots being fired in the Capitol Visitors Center.

The White House also was put on lockdown because of the report.


The situation was apparently contained to the Visitors Center but no further information was immediately available.

A Capitol Police spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/03/28/congress-and-white-house-lockdown-amid-security-th

[Ellipsis]

1. person in custody n/t

[dana_b]

2. good!

I hope it's just one lone nut.

[FrodosPet]

7. Man Shot After Allegedly Pointing Gun at US Capitol Police Officers

http://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-complex-lockdown-due-potential-security-threat/story?id=37982803

By EMILY SHAPIRO Mar 28, 2016, 9:49 PM ET

The U.S. Capitol Complex was briefly locked down today after a man drew what appeared to be a gun and pointed it at officers in the Capitol Visitor Center, authorities said.

The suspect was shot by officers and taken to a hospital where he is undergoing surgery, Matthew Verderosa of the Capitol police said at a news conference. The suspect's condition was not immediately known, Verderosa said.

The suspect was later identified by Capitol Police as Larry R. Dawson, 66, of Tennessee.

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Dawson is the same person who interrupted a House session in October 2015, sources told ABC News.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Arrested in 2003 for sexual harrassment of a child; let off by reason of insanity

Beginning in the 1980s, Dawson worked on and off as a bus driver for Williamson County Schools, spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said. During that time, he also worked as a part-time cafeteria worker.

He was fired in the spring of 2001 for inappropriate behavior. Dawson, who was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of harassment in writing, wrote a letter on Aug. 8, 2003, professing his love for a teenage girl and his desire for her to become his wife and have his child, The Tennessean reported at the time. Dawson was arrested on an identical charge in March 2002 for sending the same girl more inappropriate letters.

In one of those letters, he claimed God told him to contact the girl and asked her to come live with him.

According to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation criminal records, Dawson was found "not guilty — reason of insanity" on two of three harassment charges, and acquitted on the third in 2003.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/03/28/us-capitol-shooting-antioch-suspect-has-troubled-legal-past/82359612/

[NV Whino]

3. Someone unhappy about the DWS endorsement?

[katmondoo]

4. Congress should heed this warning

Maybe they will start to feel threatened and do something about this out of control gun situation

[groundloop]

6. nope.... just another excuse for NRA and gun makers to peddle more weapons

[ConsiderThis_2016]

5. I guess Pitchforks are to old fashioned? :)

[L. Coyote]

8. Fundamentalism is crazy stuff.