神马文学网One shot in gunfire near Capitol Hill
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WASHINGTON: Gunfire erupted just off the fringe of Capitol Hill on Wednesday, and eyewitnesses and officials said one person was shot.
Police briefly sealed off part of the Capitol as a precaution.
The US Capitol building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2008. [Agencies]
One law enforcement official said police attempted to stop a vehicle and the driver refused. In the pursuit and confrontation that followed, the driver was shot, added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose details of the case.
Robert Drumm, a tourist from Oklahoma visiting the nation's capital with his family, said in an interview, "There were so many gunshots being fired my family got down."
Drumm said he saw one victim, not wearing a police uniform, taken away in an ambulance.
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Numerous emergency vehicles converged quickly in the area.
Another witness, Dale Lanigan of Toledo, Ohio, described a similar scene, although he said two police cars gave chase.
As the car went past him, Lanigan said, "the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something."
Lanigan said he then heard shots and police ordered him to get away. He said the driver of the car was taken away in an ambulance.