DC-Cannon House Bldg on lockdown-MSNBC [Update: gun was plastic]

MSNBC | 10/30/03 | MSNBC

[Diddle E. Squat]

Searching for a lone gunman

[76834]

Just some infobabe on Fox.
Appears to be true at this time, male and a female.

[Naspino]

I can tell this story is dead already. Like the guy that took pot shots at the UN and then threw flyers on the ground.

[petercooper]

does uncle ted have an office in there?

[nuffsenuff]

I live in the DC area. There are two major roads that go by the Pentagon. One of the, Route 110, is restricted to non-commercial vehicles (aka. Vans and Trucks)...

If someone tries to drive a truck down that road they get pulled over.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Gun Scare Closes House Office Building

By MARY DALRYMPLE
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A person armed with a gun ran past a security checkpoint in a Capitol Hill office building, police said, triggering a lockdown and forcing the House to cease floor business.

"Someone with a gun made an unauthorized entrance into the Cannon Office Building," said Jessica Gissubel, spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police.

Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Administration Committee, said that at about 1:20 p.m. EST an individual went through the metal detector and put a bag that looked like a bookbag on the conveyor belt at the security checkpoint.

Ney said police saw an object that looked like a revolver in the bag, but before they could stop the suspect grabbed the bag and ran.

They pursued the suspect and lost the person, he said, and the building was evacuated, he said. Entrances to connecting office buildings, the Capitol and the Library of Congress were shut down.

Though the suspect was initially described as male, Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., later said it wasn't clear whether the suspect was a male or a female.

Howard Bauleke, chief of staff to Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan. Bauleke said the Capitol police came in and said they were looking for a man carrying a backpack.

Initially, Capitol police advised people to stay in their offices. A few minutes later, the building was evacuated. Staffers and congressmen poured out of the building, and dozens lingered on the building's steps.

Meanwhile, authorities closed roads and a bus stop near the Pentagon Thursday while they investigated a suspicious truck parked nearby, military spokesman said.

[TomGuy]

[rabidralph]

I wonder what makes a truck suspicious?

The driver was clean-shaven, using his turn signals and driving the speed limit.

[witnesstothefall]

DC suburbs of Alexandria and Arlington have an I395 as well. I think there are a couple of more along the eastern seaboard as well, fyi.

[nuffsenuff]

There's a few I-395's. LOL!! It has to do with what major Interstate they connect too.

Anyway, there's a I-395 that runs right into DC. And the Pentagon is right next to it.

[No Blue States]

thanks for the info, makes perfect sense.

[show me state]

I wonder what makes a truck suspicious? A moving Truck like in the OK city bombing?

Police noticed the "U-Haul-type" truck parked under an Interstate 395 overpass at about 12:45 p.m., said Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood.

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[El Gato]

They're looking for this guy?

I do believe he's a mite taller than 5'3", so probably not him.

[Mo1]

The CNN gal asked this Congressman to dicribe exactly what procedures they go through in regard to secuirty when they ariive at the building

Hey, nothing like telling world how to get into the building

[jpl]

There's an I-395 in Virginia/DC also. I know, because I live right off it.

[dakine]

There are many 395s off of I-95, around cities...

[camle]

sorry. my bad.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Anyone seen the Toddler and his sidekick Fred today? Hmmm??

[Cooter]

Three-digit Interstate routes have a leading digit with the last two digits being the mainline route that it supplements, so I-x95 routes would have routes such as the ones in Virginia, I-195, I-295, I-395 and I-495. I-664 is an I-x64 route. An odd-number leading digit signifies a spur route off a mainline route (examples are I-195 and I-564). An even-number leading digit signifies a loop around a city (examples are I-295 and I-495), or a branch route through a city (an example is I-264). Three-digit Interstate route numbers can duplicate, but not in the same state.

[Semper Paratus]

Ney said police saw an object that looked like a revolver in the bag, but before they could stop the suspect grabbed the bag and ran.

Not saying this is the case but it would be a classic diversion.
Stay vigilant.

[No Blue States]

lol!
That would be VERY suspicious..

* And all of his tires were good and mudflaps working, clean air was coming from his exaust pipes.