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Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro

Aug 3, 2021 | 9:11 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon was on lockdown Tuesday morning after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station.

A Pentagon announcement said the facility was on lockdown due to “police activity.”

An Associated Press reporter near the building heard multiple gunshots.

Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press