If you've been watching the news, you'll know that shots were
reported in the garage of the Rayburn House Office Building about
10:30 am. The Capitol was locked down briefly, and Rayburn remains
so while a room-by-room search continues. There are no reports of
injuries except one young lady who was evacuated after suffering an
anxiety attack.
The search of the Rayburn building is a non-trivial affair. What
the television coverage isn't telling you is that the whole Capitol
complex -- the Capitol itself, the House and Senate office
buildings -- are all connected by a network of underground tunnels.
Searching them, if it is to be done, would take many hours.
Capitol Police are supposed to have a news con in a couple of
minutes. Not much news is to be expected.
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