{"id":129242,"date":"2022-08-14T11:13:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=129242"},"modified":"2022-08-14T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T15:13:45","slug":"man-sets-vehicle-on-fire-drives-into-a-barricade-at-the-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=129242","title":{"rendered":"Man sets vehicle on fire, drives into a barricade at the Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lights-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lights-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lights-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lights-1-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lights-1-1.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man drove his vehicle into one of the barricades at the U.S. Capitol. He previously set it on fire. The man later exists his vehicle and fires his weapon before shooting himself. The driver is the only one injured.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the US Capitol Police website:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Law Enforcement Investigating Car Crash, Gunshots, and Suicide on East Capitol Street<\/p>\n<p>August 14, 2022 Press Release<\/p>\n<p>Just after 4:00 a.m., a man drove his car into the vehicle barricade at East Capitol Street and Second Street.<\/p>\n<p>While the man was getting out of the car, it became engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>The man then fired several shots into the air along East Capitol Street.<\/p>\n<p>When our officers heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately responded and were approaching the man when he shot himself.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody else was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, it does not appear the man was targeting any Members of Congress, who are on recess, and it does not appear officers fired their weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Our investigators are looking into the man\u2019s background.<\/p>\n<p>DC\u2019s Metropolitan Police Department is handling the death investigation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-crashes-burning-vehicle-capitol-barricade-begins-firing-gun-shoots-himself-report\">Fox News<\/a> and the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscp.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/law-enforcement-investigating-car-crash-gunshots-and-suicide-east\">Capitol Police<\/a> have this information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple sources tell me overnight a man set his car on fire and drove into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol. He started shooting indiscriminately, ultimately shot and killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>One source tells me no one else injured. Waiting for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitolPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CapitolPolice<\/a> confirmtn.<\/p>\n<p>1\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaDNews\/status\/1558795937446871042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man drove his vehicle into one of the barricades at the U.S. Capitol. 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