US Capitol, all buildings on lockdown

The U.S. Capitol was put on lockdown for the second time in less than a week on Tuesday afternoon, but this time it reportedly ended with arrests.

The U.S. Capitol was briefly under lockdown Tuesday due to reported police activity nearby. Members of Congress, staff and reporters had been ordered to stay inside, away from windows and doorways.

A spokesman with Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said that police had responded to a report of someone with a gun near the Labor Department and had stopped a vehicle.

Everett noted that senators were still talking on the floor and the House was still voting during the lockdown.

No shots were fired between the suspects and the officer that made the arrest.

Tourists sat in the visitors’ gallery in the Senate, apparently unaware of what was transpiring.

In that incident, police feared that someone with a firearm had slipped through security, but it ultimately proved to be a false alarm. For the protection of AP and its licensors, content may not be copied, altered or redistributed in any form. Doing so may result in civil and/or criminal penalties.

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