A police officer was attacked on the Pentagon Metro bus platform this morning, per the Pentagon police chief. Gunfire was exchanged and there were “several casualties.”
The police chief denied earlier reports that the suspect was on the run in Maryland, noting that no search was underway.POLITICO reported earlier Tuesday that the suspect was shot by a Pentagon police officer and did not get inside the Pentagon building, citing a Pentagon Force Protection Agency official. At the time, one other officer was injured and was being transported to seek medical attention.
Following a “shooting incident” on Tuesday morning, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency sent out an alert instructing all personnel not to leave the building, Lt. Col. Uriah Orland told POLITICO. “The Pentagon currently is on lock down due to an incident at the Pentagon Transit Center,” PFPA tweeted shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday. “We are asking the public to please avoid the area. More information will be forthcoming.”
The Metro station and bus stop is located just outside the Pentagon building. Visitors coming from the Metro or parking lot must pass through security to enter the building. after a man was fatally stabbed on the platform shortly before 9 a.m. It reopened around 2:30 p.m. that same day.
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