Warning: This story contains graphic images.
A woman was shot in the neck inside the Capitol building, according to videos and photos shared to social media Wednesday afternoon.
UPDATE: NBC reports the woman has died.
BREAKING: The woman has died, several law enforcement officials say – @PeteWilliamsNBC https://t.co/jE1Kpl3Sid
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 6, 2021
Two graphic videos showed the young woman bleeding out of her neck while paramedics tried to place her on a stretcher inside the Capitol building. Pandemonium around the injured woman ensued while shots could be heard fired in the background.
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) January 6, 2021
A young woman was just shot in the neck right besides me in the Capitol Building pic.twitter.com/hLQo4IP8J1
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) January 6, 2021
The woman was brought out of the building on a stretcher and transported out of the building. She remains in critical condition.
GRAPHIC: MSNBC shows video of a person being wheeled out of the Capitol on a stretcher, covered in blood and in very bad shape. pic.twitter.com/W6jKaXDudK
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed that shots were being fired in the Capitol in an interview on Fox News Wednesday afternoon.
Shots fired pic.twitter.com/aBhmByRWDY
— Earfood Radio (@EarFoodRadio) January 6, 2021
“Anyone involved in this — hear me very loud and clear — this is not the American way…this must stop now,” McCarthy said. “As a nation, we’ve got to come together…People are being hurt. There have been shots that have been fired.”
House @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy on @FoxNews : "Anyone involved in this — hear me very loud and clear — this is not the American way…this must stop now. As a nation we've got to come together…People are being hurt. There have been shots that have been fired."
— Susan Crabtree Hennebury (@susancrabtree) January 6, 2021
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