![]() ![]() (AP) The police officer has not yet been identified. The Associated Press contributed to this report. The Pentagon is on lockdown after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility's Metro station. "But you dispatch them right away."Ī spokesperson for Pentagon police said she couldn’t comment on the delay, saying it was part of an open investigation.Īccording to FOX News, Department of Defense employees received an electronic warning on their computers and an overhead announcement was given for all Pentagon personnel to stay inside due to the police activity and to not venture outside. "I would think something like this that you would get fire and EMS going right away even if they have to stage for safety at a distance," said Statter. This is what went out over police radio at 10:50: "Just FYI, we are getting requests from Pentagon for an active shooter on their platform." He said fire crews arrived six minutes later. Park Police asking Arlington police about "reports of shots fired and one down at the Pentagon metro."Īrlington police reply that Pentagon police verified shots were fired but did not request any assistance from county police or fire.Ī spokesman for Arlington Fire confirms to FOX 5 they weren’t dispatched until 13 minutes after the attack at 10:50. Seven minutes after the attack he heard U.S. Listening to his police scanner, Statter said he realized Arlington police and fire hadn’t been dispatched. Eventually, I see there’s a second person to the right." "And I look closer and there’s a person down on the ground, blood all around them in front of a bus. The violence broke out at a busy stretch of the Washington area’s transportation system, an area that is still on edge and reeling from the violence of the deadly riot at the U.S. ![]() military, was temporarily placed on lockdown after the incident occurred near the entrance of the building. The officer was ambushed by Lanz, who ran at him and stabbed. "I can see all the Pentagon Force Protection Agency Police converging on the transit center," Statter said. The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. A Pentagon police officer was stabbed to death near a Metro bus platform, while a suspect was shot to death on Tuesday. Public safety blogger Dave Statter has a view of the Pentagon from his home and heard the gunshots Tuesday morning. Officials later told the Associated Press that an officer had died following the shooting. A large police procession left GW Hospital early in the afternoon. ![]()
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