{"id":1989172,"date":"2023-08-02T19:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:00:12","slug":"massive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge police presence at U.S. Senate building due to shooter reports."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Law Enforcement Responds to Reports of Active Shooter at Russell Senate Office Building<\/h2>\n<p>Dozens \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter\/\" title=\"Huge police presence at U.S. Senate building due to shooter reports.\">law enforcement vehicles \u200bdescended<\/a> upon the \u2064Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon \u2063amid reports of an active shooter.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you are inside the \u200dSenate Buildings, everyone inside should be sheltering in \u200dplace as the \u2062report was for a possible active shooter,\u201d<\/em> the\u2064 U.S.\u200d Capitol Police said in a statement. <em>\u201cIt should \u2064be noted that we do not have any confirmed\u2063 reports of gunshots.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police said officers were <em>\u201csearching in and around the Senate Office Buildings\u201d<\/em> \u200cand urged everyone to stay\u200c away.<\/p>\n<p>Those in\u200c the building were instructed to \u200dmove into the nearest office space,\u200b lock the doors, and \u2064stay away from external doors \u200band windows.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: US Senate building being\u2064 evacuated after reports of possible active shooter<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9HOwtlgOFr\">pic.twitter.com\/9HOwtlgOFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1686813084437147648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People are \u2063being\u200c evacuated from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-unfazed-by-dancing-far-left-protesters-what-build-back-better-bill-its-dead\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Unfazed by Dancing Far-Left Protesters: 'What Build Back Better Bill? It's Dead'\">senate office buildings<\/a> with their hands up.\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pd1Ayw7GMu\">pic.twitter.com\/Pd1Ayw7GMu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1686815961624494084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u2064 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Building in Washington D.C. which houses Offices used by the U.S. Senate is currently being Evacuated while Police\u200b Officers armed with Long-Rifles search the Building for a possible\u2064 Active \u200dShooter which was reported a few minutes ago by an Anonymous Phone-Call. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KiObcTDPjs\">pic.twitter.com\/KiObcTDPjs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1686815543012085761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NBC News Capitol Hill reporter Julie Tsirkin wrote on Twitter: <em>\u201cHeavy USCP presence in the basement of the Capitol, with underground entrances to senate \u2064office buildings blocked off.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA first responders unit was just deployed to the plaza of the Capitol,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heavy USCP presence in the basement of the Capitol, with underground\u200b entrances to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-police-response-at-u-s-senate-building-amid-reports-of-shooter\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Huge Police Presence at U.S. Senate Building Due to Shooter Reports\">senate office buildings blocked<\/a> off.<\/p>\n<p>A first \u200bresponders\u2064 unit was just deployed to the plaza of \u200dthe Capitol. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3wqsZ41RB\">pic.twitter.com\/h3wqsZ41RB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulieNBCNews\/status\/1686815005977493507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u200b 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox \u200dNews reporter Adam Sabes later wrote that local\u2064 officials believed that the situation at Russell Senate \u2064Office Building is \u2062likely <em>\u201ca \u2018mental health\u2019 situation\u200c and not an active shooter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police later said that they were preparing to reopen the \u200cbuildings and that there was <em>\u201cno active threat at this time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4:17 pm: USCP\u200b is standing by to prepare the \u200bSenate office buildings for re-entry. There is\u2063 no active threat at\u200c this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitolPolice\/status\/1686833606998491137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>This report has \u2064been updated to include additional information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement vehicles rushed to the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., following reports of an active shooter. 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