A man who crashed his car into the barriers of the Congress building in the US capital Washington at dawn shot himself when he saw police approaching
The capital’s police said that a man who drove his car towards the Capitol around 4:00 a.m. first hit the barriers in front of the building, and when he saw security forces approaching him, he fired several shots in the air and committed suicide.
The car, which targeted the barriers at the corner of East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington, burst into flames. It was shared that the suspect, whose identity information was not disclosed, died at the scene.
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The statement said that in the incident, which occurred at a secluded time of the day, the suspect “did not appear to be targeting any member of Congress” as both Congress and the Senate were on vacation, and that the police did not respond with weapons.
On April 2, 2021, there was a similar incident
The incident comes at a time when law enforcement agencies across the country are facing an increasing number of threats and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been warned of violent attacks on government buildings since the search of former US President Donald Trump’s home in Florida.
The last time a person intentionally drove his vehicle into a checkpoint near the Capitol in the capital on April 2, 2021, killing a policeman, and was killed after getting out of his vehicle and walking towards the police with a knife.
