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Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro station

Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro station — (Niall Carson/PA)

Tue, 03 Aug, 2021 - 16:18

Lolita C Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon is on lockdown after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station.

At least one person was down, according to two sources. The person’s condition was not known.

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