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" Apparently, there are reports of shots being fired on the west front -- the Mall side -- of the Capitol. Luke Russert says he heard &amp;quot;three distinct boom-boom-booms,&amp;quot; and said he saw tourists hitting the ground in response. The building is now on lockdown. Congresswoman Tulcy Gabbard of Hawaii told MSNBC that she was told to &amp;quot;shelter in place&amp;quot; by the U.S. Capitol Police. And, by the way, the U.S. Capitol Police are not being paid as long as the shutdown lasts. UPDATE -- The lockdown has been lifted. Carl Cameron of Fox News is reporting that he has sources telling him that this incident may have been the end result of a high-speed chase that began elsewhere and ended outside the Capitol and that, bizarrely, there was a baby found in the suspect vehicle. And Pete Williams of NBC just said that the incident began somewhere near the White House. UPDATE -- Congressman Tim Griffin sucks an unusual amount of pond water. He has since apologized. Shove it, Tim. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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