Two police officers were injured near the US Capitol on Friday after being rammed by a vehicle whose driver was subsequently arrested, police said.
“A suspect is in custody. Both officers are injured. All three have been transported to the hospital,” the US Capitol Police department said on Twitter.
Police say the incident happened at a checkpoint close to the Capitol complex.
Two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that the suspect had been shot and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Washington DC remains on edge nearly three months after a mob of armed insurrectionists stormed the
Capitol as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s presidential win.
Authorities have begun only in the past couple of weeks to remove the outer ring of high, razor-wire-topped fencing erected around the sprawling complex after the attack by thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
Credit: AFP, AP, Reuters
