A man committed suicide this Sunday with a firearm after crashing his car into a barricade of the US Capitol in Washington DC, and shooting several times in the air, authorities reported.
According to a statement from the Capitol Police, the events occurred after 4:00 in the morning (8:00 GMT) when the car hit a vehicle barrier installed on East Capitol Street, a few meters from the buildings that house the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The driver then got out of the burning vehicle, fired several shots into the air along the street and killed himself when Capitol Police officers arrived at the scene.
The police, who are investigating the event, have no indication that the man was targeting any member of Congress, since the institution is on vacation recess. In addition, he stated that none of his agents fired at the man. No one else was injured.
The Capitol was the subject of a violent assault on January 6, 2021 when a mob of supporters of then President Donald Trump (2017-2021) attacked the building to try to prevent the ratification of the electoral victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 elections. .
