A man fired shots into the air and rammed his car into a barricade near the US Capitol in Washington before shooting himself as police approached.
An investigation has been launched by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington after the apparent suicide at around 4am local time on Sunday (August 14).
A spokesperson for U.S Capitol Police claimed it did not seem to be an attack targeting members of Congress, but the force did not release any details about the man's identity or his motives in the incident.
