BREAKING: SHOTS FIRED IN CHAMBER — Woman Taken Out on Stretcher Covered in Blood (VIDEO)
Shots have been fired in the US Senate chamber during an armed standoff between police and patriots attempting to breach the room, according to reports.
A woman has been removed from the building on a stretcher, covered in blood, on live television.
#BREAKING
— RealisT™ (@Realistqx) January 6, 2021
SHOTS FIRED INSIDE CHAMBERS pic.twitter.com/RRzmgjpRd6
Shots fired!!! pic.twitter.com/eSFI8FVZ1n
— Javier Manjarres (@JavManjarres) January 6, 2021
Reports of shots fired on Capitol Hill. Police on their way. pic.twitter.com/ixHbQBQxth
— Charlotte Cuthbertson (@charlottecuthbo) January 6, 2021
UPDATE: Me & several other reporters we’re locked inside the Senate chamber w/ full Senate body shortly after 2pm. Pence was evacuated before we were locked in
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) January 6, 2021
At 2:29pm police on Senate floor shouted: “SHOTS FIRED. MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOORS”
At 2:31pm everyone was evacuated
Brian Stelter tweeted, “NBC captured the moment when one set of Capitol steps were stormed. @EllisonBarber reported seeing ‘a massive amount of what appears to be blood on the ground. At least one person here is being taken away on a stretcher.’”
NBC captured the moment when one set of Capitol steps were stormed. @EllisonBarber reported seeing "a massive amount of what appears to be blood on the ground. At least one person here is being taken away on a stretcher." pic.twitter.com/4qidHddImR
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 6, 2021
WARNING, THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS GRAPHIC:
GRAPHIC: MSNBC shows video of a person being wheeled out of the Capitol on a stretcher, covered in blood and in very bad shape. pic.twitter.com/W6jKaXDudK
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2021