CNN Breaking News - Capitol Hill evacuated...possible armed intruder ... FALSE ALARM

[conjur]

http://www.cnn.com

MSNBC NEWS UPDATE
D.C. manhunt 'false alarm'
'Gun' turned out to be a toy

 

[CADsortaGUY]

/me waits for the first - "I hope the guy tries to shoot ____." post

Hopefully they'll nail this guy before he has a chance to do any harm.

CkG

 

[PrinceofWands]

I hope he succeeds in shooting __________



oh come on, you all know me, you know who I mean. But if he misses him maybe I'll get lucky and it'll take out Ashcroft instead...that'd be ALMOST as good.

 

[conjur]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two intruders bolted through a security checkpoint Thursday afternoon at the House Cannon Office Building after an X-ray machine showed what looked like a revolver in a knapsack, a Capitol Hill police spokeswoman said.

The security breach prompted police to begin evacuating the building and systematically searching each office for the intruders, described as a white man and white woman in their 20s.

It was unclear whether the detected revolver was a real gun or a toy.

"The possible weapon was a .38. We do believe that it is a revolver, " Capitol police spokeswoman Jessica Gissubel said.

Authorities are looking for a white man described as 5 feet 3 and 140 pounds, she said. He was wearing a black suit and white shirt and carried a black and grey backpack.

The woman was wearing khaki pants, a pink shirt and sunglasses atop her head, Gissubel said. She is described as 5 feet 5 with long brown hair extending past her shoulders.

"The Capitol police have put the building on lockdown. We are going to be letting people exit the building, as long as they agree to an administrative search," Gissubel said.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Now I know it's holloween and all, but it doesn't take a lot of common sense to know that bringing ANYTHING resembling a gun into a gov't building isn't appropriate.

It's kind of funny though

CkG