U.S. Capitol shooting suspect in custody

[Flightmare]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/politics/ ... index.html

So glad that they have those signs at the Capitol keep the bad guys from bringing guns in.

[shooter37]

How can this happen? It's against the law to have a handgun in your possession in DC.

[Jusme]

What type of guns do the Capitol police use that shoot "shrapnel"

Why is it called "shrapnel" if a Capitol police officer misses the bad guy and hits an innocent bystander? If I do it they call it negligence. I need some of those "shrapnel" firing guns.

[LSUTiger]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ficer.html


It came just hours after a scheduled active shooter drill in the building


It's funny how these things always happen right after an active shooter drill takes place.

[mdubtx]

USA Today app on my phone apparently doesn't let me copy text. But, they reported this guy has already been arrested last year on Capitol grounds for assaulting an officer and unlawful conduct.

[Edited for spelling. Source was a newspaper, not a ship!]

[Jusme]

USS Today app on my phone apparently doesn't let me copy text. But, they reported this guy has already been arrested last year on Capitol grounds for assaulting an officer and unlawful conduct.

Wouldn't those things prohibit him from having a gun? Maybe they should pass a law so he can't get guns if he has a felony on his record. I guess he was able to exploit the gun show loophole.

[ELB]

What type of guns do the Capitol police use that shoot "shrapnel"

Why is it called "shrapnel" if a Capitol police officer misses the bad guy and hits an innocent bystander? If I do it they call it negligence. I need some of those "shrapnel" firing guns.

First accounts, and newspaper articles, and especially newspaper articles with first accounts are notoriously incomplete and often wrong but:

Nothing in the article says the police officer missed. The subject underwent surgery and was in critical condition afterwards, so sounds like he was hit at least once.

By using the word "shrapnel", I get that a bullet hit something like a wall some solid object, and disintegrated, and the woman was struck by either bullet fragments or pieces of the wall or object that was struck. Could be a miss, could be a through-and-through.

[ELB]

More info about the subject in custody here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... jured.html