A U.S. Capitol Police officer and a suspect have died after a car crashed into a barrier outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, said the police force’s chief on Friday.
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said a vehicle slammed into two Capitol officers at a checkpoint on Constitution Ave. A suspect then exited the car “with [a] knife in hand” and lunged at the police officers before they opened fire, she added in a news conference.
