A person shot and killed himself after driving right into a car barricade close to the US Capitol Constructing in Washington DC, police stated.
The incident occurred when the person drove his automotive right into a barricade at East Capitol Avenue and Second Avenue on Sunday morning (US Japanese Time).
He then left his automotive, which grew to become "engulfed in flames," and fired a number of photographs into the air, Capitol Police stated in an announcement.
He then fatally shot himself when authorities approached him. There have been no extra accidents and the person's identify was not instantly launched, in line with the assertion.
"At the moment, it doesn't seem the person was concentrating on any members of Congress, who're on recess, and it doesn't seem officers fired their weapons," the assertion learn.
"Our investigators are wanting into the person's background."
DC's Metropolitan Police Division is dealing with the dying investigation, the assertion stated.
US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger declined to launch the identify of the person throughout a information convention in a while Sunday, saying his household had not but been notified.
Manger added that the person had a legal historical past from "over the previous 10 years or so," however that there was no info to point motive and "no political ideology that we're conscious of at this level.
"Capitol Police are wanting by means of safety movies of the incident for extra info on any doable intentions, the chief stated.
Manger stated no different weapons had been discovered on scene, and that the one identifiable objects remaining within the automotive in query had been aerosol cans, which caught on fireplace shortly after the driving force crashed into the barricade.