Police officer is killed in shooting at Pentagon metro station

A police officer died after being stabbed on Tuesday morning during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, and a suspect was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene.

During a press conference this afternoon, Pentagon Chief of Police Woodrow Kusse said that one of his officers was attacked on a bus platform by Pentagon’s Metro station at 10.37am. He repeatedly declined to confirm the officer’s death, or the suspect’s killing. 

Kusse would only say that the crime scene was secure and that police were not looking for a second suspect, contrary to previous reports. He also confirmed that multiple people were injured, but would not say how many. 

The Pentagon lifted the lockdown and reopened at 12.15pm, according to a tweet from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, which said that the scene was secure.  

Police block off an entrance to the Pentagon following reports of multiple gun shots fired on a bus platform near the facility’s Metro station Tuesday, killing an officer

Law enforcement officers from Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency and other police departments salute as a  procession in honor of a police officer killed near the Pentagon passes by the US Capitol 

Several people were said to have been injured in the shooting outside the Pentagon, among them a police officer who was stabbed and later died 

The Pentagon was on lockdown for nearly two hours on Tuesday after multiple gunshots were fired 

The lockdown went into effect at 10.30am and was lifted at 12.15pm on Tuesday

A crowded scene in the Metro bus station outside the Pentagon on Tuesday afternoon  

Arlington Fire Department previously said its crews encountered ‘multiple patients,’ but it is unclear at this time if any of them was shot.  

A police officer was said to be among the victims. He was taken to George Washington Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead from stab wounds.

The connection between the shooting and the stabbing of the officer was not immediately clear. The authorities did not immediately provide details or the sequence of events. 

The incident occurred on a Metro bus platform that is part of the Pentagon Transit Center. The hub is just steps from the Pentagon building, which is in Arlington County, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

An Associated Press reporter near the building heard multiple gunshots, then a pause, then at least one additional shot. Another AP journalist heard police yelling ‘shooter.’ 

A Pentagon announcement said the facility was on lockdown due to ‘police activity.’

Fairfax Police are actively searching for a suspect in the shooting. They believe the suspect is headed north toward Maryland, reported Fox 5 DC.  

Emergency vehicles are seen outside the Pentagon Metro area Tuesday amid lockdown

Heavily armed law enforcement officers are seen near the entrance of the Pentagon after a report of an active shooter and lockdown in Washington, DC

Metro subway trains are bypassing the Pentagon because of the lockdown 

A police officer holding an assault-style rifle is seen looking at vehicles outside the Pentagon

A police officer in tactical gear looks at vehicles outside the Pentagon on Tuesday as cops hunt for a shooting suspect 

Metro subway trains were ordered to bypass the Pentagon due to the police investigation.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were at the White House meeting with President Joe Biden, at the time of the shooting.

In 2010, two officers with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency were wounded when a gunman approached them at a security screening area. The officers, who survived, returned fire, fatally wounding the gunman, identified as John Patrick Bedell.