Police shot and killed an armed man suspected of robbery near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The shooting, which startled tourists visiting Capitol Hill, happened at New Jersey Avenue and C Street around 5 p.m. Capitol Police said they tried to stop a man in a white Mercedez-Benz following a report of a robbery at Union Station. The car stuck an officer and the man got out of the car, said U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Officers ordered the man to stop and put down his weapon. When he didn’t, police fired several shots, according to Schneider. The man was taken by a helicopter to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police closed off part of the Capitol and shut down New Jersey Avenue in the wake of the shooting, snarling late afternoon traffic.
