Gunman arrested after shooting guard at
U.S. Census Bureau
Send a link to a friend
[April 10, 2015]
(Reuters) - A gunman was taken into
custody after kidnapping a woman, shooting a security guard at a gate
outside the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters in Maryland, and then
trading gunfire with Washington, D.C., police on Thursday evening,
officials said.
|
Washington, D.C., police responded to a call about an armed
kidnapping around 5:30 p.m. local time, and then another call about
the shooting at the Census Bureau building in Suitland, Maryland,
about half an hour later, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police
Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters.
Lanier said the suspect forced a woman into a green Honda and then
drove to the government building and shot a guard who approached the
vehicle while the two people inside the car were having a "domestic
fight."
The guard was shot in the upper body and taken to a local hospital
in "extremely critical condition," said Mark Brady, spokesman for
the Prince George's County Fire Department. Brady said he did not
know if the guard, an adult male, was a federal employee or a
contractor.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Apr/10/images/ads/current/atlantanationalbank_sda_072114.png) ABC News reported early on Friday morning that the guard had died in
hospital.
After fleeing the scene of that shooting the driver then fled the
scene, firing shots at police at various spots in the city before
the chase ended in a gunfight in which both the suspect and an
officer were shot, Lanier said. Police said the officer was shot in
the ankle during the incident.
Lanier said officers later made contact with the kidnapped woman,
according to a video of the news conference published online by
local broadcaster WJLA-TV.
[to top of second column] |
![](../images/ads/current/richardson_lda_040113.png)
In a statement on its Twitter account, the Census Bureau said there
had been an "incident" at the Suitland Federal Center and there an
investigation was underway.
"We are committed to the safety of all staff who work at the Census
Bureau and are currently making sure that everyone is safe and
secure," the statement said.
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski in Chicago and Curtis Skinner in San
Francisco; Editing by Eric Beech and Eric Walsh)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Apr/10/images/ads/current/castlemanor_lda_032414.png) |