Friday, May 26, 2006
This just in
There has been a report of gunfire heard at the Rayburn Blg, the Senate office building. This is on NPR and the reports have grown more alarming since first aired half an hour ago. The most recent report 8:41 our time was that 1. ambulances have been called, and 2. Security people are going room to room to a. search for the source of hte noise of shots fired, and b. to tell staff and senators to close their doors and stay put.
8:50
The NPR reporter is telling what he observed. He heard nothing entering the garage, and then heard chaos, because hundreds of tourists were being evacuated. Then the Capitol ws locked down.
As of now the Capitol is open but the Rayburn House Office building is being searched and is being searched top to bottom. The ambulances were only there on standby but no one really knows what is going on.
David Welna (sic) of NPR reported this.
Final Update: The noise was construction noise, and the situation is sort of normal, but one person had to be taken away as that person suffered a big panic attack.
8:50
The NPR reporter is telling what he observed. He heard nothing entering the garage, and then heard chaos, because hundreds of tourists were being evacuated. Then the Capitol ws locked down.
As of now the Capitol is open but the Rayburn House Office building is being searched and is being searched top to bottom. The ambulances were only there on standby but no one really knows what is going on.
David Welna (sic) of NPR reported this.
Final Update: The noise was construction noise, and the situation is sort of normal, but one person had to be taken away as that person suffered a big panic attack.
# posted by Katja R. @ 8:33 AM 
