A shooting outside the Labor Department on Capitol Hill caused the U.S. Capitol to be put on lockdown at 4:15 p.m. local time for approximately 30 minutes.

Shortly after 4 p.m., U.S. Capitol Police reported shots fired at Metropolitan Police Department officers outside of the federal agency, located at Constitution Avenue and C Street NW, one block northwest of the Capitol building.

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