A chase that began with a black car ramming a barricade near the White House on Thursday ended 16 blocks away with gunfire on Capitol Hill and the brief lockdown of the U.S. Capitol.
The woman drivier is believed to be dead, said a federal law enforcement official citing preliminary reports. The official is not authorized to comment publicly.
The driver’s identity has not been disclosed. There were conflicting reports about whether a young child inside was unharmed or injured.
Authorities are investigating the sequence of events, but preliminary reports indicate that the incident began about 2:20 p.m. ET.
Before the shooting, the vehicle hit, but did not breach, security barriers near the White House at Pennsylvania Avenue and 15 Street NW, according to law enforcement officials who were not authorized to comment publicly.
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