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Suggests they have the perpetrator. and i think that backs up the idea this was crime from outside the capitol area, and that is -- there are barricades, police everywhere. every now and then you get a car that speeds through and the capitol police have to jump in and chase them. that happens, and if it is a large area, someone targeting the capitol, which we know happened in the past, or something a little more nefarious, we would still be locked down. so to me, the way this resolved quickly, definitely stems from the standard outside d.c. crime. >> susan, giving us the details. our senior pr...

Reporting, at the top of the hour, just five minutes from now, there is going to be a news conference by the capitol police. it will take place as you can see there on your screen, take place in that vicinity right there. just five minutes from now. we'll learn more information. specifically exactly how this started. was it a car crash that went awry that somehow then spilled over into the capitol, where the shootings then took place. where is the suspect at this time? how many people have been injured. as people remain in a lockdown mode now, inside of the capitol building, one of the people ...

Capitol hill because that might have been a more dangerous situation if there were more people outside the building at the time the shots were fired. >> on the phone with me now is susan forecimo. you are on the house side is that correct? >> yes, that is correct. all of the reporters work outside of the house chamber. when the shots were fired, they tell everybody to remain in place. i could see people outside running from the west where the shooting probably took place. they were running toward the east up the hill. a lot of joggers and tourists. and running but as mike was saying it is quie...