Washington – An armed man ran through the U.S. Capitol after crashing his vehicle on the Capitol grounds Monday in the worst breach of security since a gunman killed two police officers in 1998.
Acting Capitol Police Chief Christopher McGaffin identified the intruder as Carlos Greene, 20, of Silver Spring, Md. He said Greene, tackled after a foot chase through the Capitol, was armed with a loaded handgun and had crack cocaine in his possession.
Greene appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance and “exhibited signs of seizure,” McGaffin said. He was taken to Greater Southeast Community Hospital.
Police planned to charge Greene with federal felony possession of a handgun and assault of an officer.
“This was unacceptable by my expectations for Capitol Police,” McGaffin said.
He said Greene, driving a stolen SUV, slammed into a police vehicle blocking an entrance to a construction site on the Capitol’s east side, across from the Supreme Court.
Greene drove into the site, stopped, then bolted up the Capitol steps, entering the building through a third-floor construction door. He then made his way to the basement on the opposite side of the building before being subdued.
