Gunman locks Capitol down

Published September 19, 2006 4:00am ET



A man who raced into Congress on Monday wielding a handgun and frightening the Capitol into a lockdown that recalled a double shooting eight years earlier, is scheduled to appear in court today to face weapons charges.

Carlos Greene allegedly passed through Capitol Police security by maneuvering his sport-utility vehicle close behind a construction truck at the still-under-construction Capitol Visitors’ Center.

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