CAPITOL LOCKDOWN CAR DRIVER
The driver made her way onto Constitution Avenue before eventually stopping in the 100 blocks of Maryland Avenue NE, near the Hart Senate Office Building. Lanier said police then fired their first shots at the suspect. Police had the woman's car surrounded but she escaped, ramming a Secret Service vehicle as she fled. A 23-year-veteran officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he crashed into a barrier. Lanier said Capitol Police officers pursued the speeding car eastbound and tried to stop it in Garfield Circle, just west of the Capitol lawn. Other Secret Service officers chased the woman east on Pennsylvania Avenue but did not shoot. ET when the driver rammed a temporary barrier at 15th and E Streets NW, hitting the officer, said Secret Service chief Ed Donovan. Capitol Police chief Kim Dine said the incident "appears to be an isolated, singular matter, with, at this point, no nexus to terrorism." "This does not appear to be in any way an accident," Lanier said, noting that the woman twice tried to breach security barriers and struck a uniformed Secret Service officer near the White House. Capitol as Congress tried unsuccessfully to end the three-day government shutdown. The incident caused a brief lockdown of the U.S.
Investigators believe she was the driver, and authorities were running fingerprint analysis to confirm her identity.Ī child about a year old who was in car was taken to a local hospital and is in good condition, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said at an evening news briefing. The Nissan Infiniti was registered to Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford, Conn., according to a federal law enforcement official who was not authorized to comment publicly. The bottom line is, if you hear the Giant Voice and you do not hear 'This is a test' or 'Exercise, exercise, exercise,' you need to get indoors or take shelter immediately.Watch Video: Watch the car chase that led to the Capitol shootingĪ chase that began with a black luxury car ramming a security barricade near the White House on Thursday ended 16 blocks away on Capitol Hill with police killing the woman driver, authorities said. "The decision was made to only sound the Giant Voice if there was severe weather - like a tornado or hurricane - or if the base is under attack.
"The warning system was working almost too well in that case," said Sergeant Brady. Because the surrounding community immediately outside the gates can hear the Giant Voice, as well, lightning warnings are not sounded at Andrews as not to alarm non-military personnel. In the case of war, base residents will hear three to five-minute wavering tones, like what is heard in the old-time war movies with a high pitch that then drops to a lower tone and back.ĭuring peacetime, but under threat of severe weather, a mass notification is made to take shelter with a steady tone.
A large part of the variation in volume comes from wind direction which impacts the overall sound you hear coming over the Giant Voice - we don't control that," Sergeant Brady explained.Ī radio frequency is sent base wide to the Giant Voice speakers strategically placed around the base, which is part of the reason why an echo may be heard when the national anthem is played.
"One of the biggest misconceptions about the system is that you can adjust the volume - you can't. Command post controllers provide situational awareness to the important NCR power projection platform that is Andrews. The command post, the primary command and control node for both the Air Force National Capital Region and the president's base, uses the Giant Voice for mass alert, should the base come under threat of attack or natural disaster. While a few base residents may view the Giant Voice as a nuisance, Sergeant Brady said the system should be viewed as a tool. Air National Guard) uses the system as well." Joseph Brady, NCO in charge of console operations for the Andrews Regional Command Post and 316th Wing Command Post. "There isn't one person who is the Giant Voice," explained Tech.
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