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Fox news is reporting shots fired on Capitol Hill in near one of the Senate buildings…

UPDATE: Brett Baier reports the incident is near the lower Senate Park. Police are not allowing anyone to exit the capitol premises.

UDPATE 2: Reports that one person is in police custody [tipster]

UPDATE 3: @syancyfox5: .. witnesses say police chasing white Mercedes followed by gunfire. Lots of emergency crews on scene.

UPDATE 4: WJLA has the story up.

Witnesses say a white Mercedes was traveling at a high rate of speed away from Union Station toward a Capitol parking area, where the vehicle crashed into a barricade. That’s when gunfire erupted, witnesses said.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer said the wounded person was a 35-year-old civilian, who was shot by a U.S. law enforcement agency. Sources say it was U.S. Capitol Police.

UPDATE 5: @mkhammer RT @marcambinder: Robbery suspect shot by police on Capitol Hill. No need for panic. No remaining suspects at large. Roads reopened.

UPDATE 6: From the Capitol Police

Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Important Message from the US Capitol Police

The US Capitol Police were involved in a shooting at New Jersey Avenue and C Street, NW. The incident is contained and the security posture has not changed. This is an isolated incident unrelated to the security of the Capitol Complex. All buildings are open under normal operations.

18:11:04, 07/15/2009

UPDATE 7: Shooter dead.

UPDATE 8: Fox News update

UPDATE 9 : Politico: Police kill suspected Capitol Hill shooter

UPDATE 10: You can follow updates of the #hillshooter via Twitter Search

UPDATE 11: Shooting near Capitol in D.C. reported on Twitter first