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Gunfire sound heard at US Capitol building garage

by Mark5019 May 26, 2006 1:03AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police were investigating the sound of gunfire in the garage of a House of Representatives office building, Capitol Police said on Friday.

The gunfire was heard in the garage level of the Rayburn building, which houses offices of members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Senate Sergeant at Arms Bill Pickle told Reuters: "We have been told by staff of shots fired and the smell of smoke in the lobby of the Rayburn House building."

Pickle said there were no reports of any injuries.


Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican and head of the House intelligence committee, also said there were reports of "gunfire in the building" and said the office building had been locked down, with no one allowed to enter or leave.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-26T145850Z_01_WAT005671_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-GUNFIRE.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

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False alarm, probably due to contruction work.
by Dave Konkel [Moderator] May 26, 2006 9:18AM PDT
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I have no wish to cause offence or irritation, but doesn't
by Ziks511 May 26, 2006 9:54AM PDT

this issue tell you something about the heightened state of alert everybody is under. While Margaret Atwood suggested Canada was the Paranoid Schizophrenic country (certainly its personality is split by the French fact, but paranoid? Naahhh), by my reckoning the paranoia is all south of the border. Hope the police recover from the sound of a pneumatic hammer or wrench or whatever it was, and things return to "normal".

Rob

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wasnt the police that called themselves
by Mark5019 May 26, 2006 9:56AM PDT

but then its better to err on the safe side

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No.
by Evie May 26, 2006 9:59AM PDT

Just normal caution and due diligence.

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No, I think it is over reaction because
by duckman May 26, 2006 10:00AM PDT

the people in congress think they are special and they deserve special treatment

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