A US Capitol Police Officer works near a police barricade on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2022. - A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turnin WASHINGTON - A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S.
Capitol early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air from the burning car before fatally shooting himself, police said.The incident happened just before 4 a.m.
at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street and 2nd Street in Washington.It comes at a time when law enforcement authorities across the country are facing an increasing number of threats and federal officials have warned about the potential of violent attacks on government buildings in the days since the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.The attack is reminiscent of an incident when a man drove a vehicle into two Capitol Police officers at a checkpoint in April 2021, killing an 18-year veteran of the force.
And many on Capitol Hill remain on edge after supporters of the then-president stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.US Capitol Police Officers work near a police barricade on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2022. - A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turning Authorities said the man, whose identity has not been released, crashed into the barricade and that as he was getting out of the car, the vehicle became engulfed in flames.