A woman with a 1-year-old girl led Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase from the White House past the Capitol on Thursday, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at both national landmarks before she was shot to death, police said. The child survived. Tourists, congressional staff and even some senators watched as a caravan of law enforcement vehicles chased a black Infiniti with Connecticut license plates down Constitution Avenue outside the Capitol. House and Senate lawmakers, inside debating how to end a government shutdown, briefly shuttered their chambers as Capitol Police shut down the building. "I'm pretty confident this was not an accident," said Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Still, Capitol Police said there appeared to be no terrorist link. Authorities would not say whether the woman had been armed. The woman's car at one point had been surrounded by police cars and she managed to escape, careening around a traffic circle and past the north side of the Capitol. Video shot by a TV camerman showed police pointing firearms at her car before she rammed a Secret Service vehicle and continued driving. Lanier said police shot and killed her a block northeast of the historic building. One Secret Service member and a 23-year veteran of the Capitol Police were injured. Officials said they are in good condition and expected to recover. "This appears to be an isolated, singular matter, with, at this point, no nexus to terrorism," said Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine. Law-enforcement authorities identified the woman as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford, Connecticut. The authorities spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the information publicly. Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said the FBI was executing a search warrant at a Stamford address in connection with the investigation. Police officers had cordoned off a condominium building and the surrounding neighborhood in the shoreline city. The pursuit began when the car sped onto a driveway leading to the White House, over a set of lowered barricades. When the driver couldn't get through a second barrier, she spun the car in the opposite direction, flipping a Secret Service officer over the hood of the car as she sped away, said B.J. Campbell, a tourist from Portland, Oregon. Then the chase began. Miriam Carey Identified As Suspect Killed In Capitol Hill Shooting Car Chase Ends with Gunfire Near U.S. Capitol Woman Dead After Capitol Car Chase Driver named as dental hygienist Miriam Carey Miriam Carey, Capitol Suspect, Suffered Post-Partum Depression Woman shot dead by police near US Capitol building US Capitol lockdown lifted after active shooter situation - 10 Hours Ago Shots heard outside Capitol, building in lockdown - 10 Hours Ago Driver shot dead in car chase near US Capitol UPDATE 9-Driver shot dead in car chase near US Capitol Chase from White House to Capitol ends in gunfire DC driver shot after chaotic car chase, lockdown BREAKING NEWS.....Shots heard outside Capitol, building in lockdown - 10 ... US Capitol in lockdown after shots fired Raw Video: Car Chase Outside US Capitol Washington DC car chase: suspect shot dead after Capitol Hill lockdown US Capitol car chase in Washington ends in woman's death Video of police chase before shooting Female suspect killed in Capitol chase and shooting Woman shot to death on Capitol Hill 'kept to herself,' neighbors say In chaotic chase from White House to Capitol, officers fired 17 shots at woman Suspect in US Capitol Hill chase dead, 2 officials injured: DC Police Driver shot dead in car chase near US Capitol Suspect killed in Capitol Hill chase Police kill woman in Washington, forcing US Capitol into lockdown Police Shoot, Kill Driver After Capitol Hill Chase Who was Miriam Carey? Why did she do this? Police Kill Woman After Chase Near White House Police Probe Capitol Hill Car Chase; 1 Woman Dead Capitol Hill shooting: Driver shot dead after car chase near Capitol Stamford Woman Shot, Killed By Police In DC After Capitol Hill Chase Capitol Hill shooting: Mother killed, toddler safe in high speed chase through Washington Government Shutdown, Video, Capital Shooting, Capitol Hill Shooting, Capitol Lockdown, Capitol Police, Capitol Shooter, Capitol Shooting, Shooting At The Capitol, Shooting Capitol Hill, Politics News Video, Capitol Hill, Politics News, Capitol Gunfire, Capitol In Lockdown, Capitol Lockdown, Capitol Shooting, Congress Lockdown, Gunshots Capitol, Gunshots Fired Capitol, Politics News Capitol Hill shooting,Woman Shot by Police,Washington DC car chase,Police kill woman in Washington,Woman shot to death,US Capitol car chase,Capitol Hill chase,Car Chase Outside US Capitol,Miriam Carey Stamford,Miriam Carey,Stamford Woman Shot,Capitol Shooting, Government Shutdown,Video,Capital Shooting,Capitol Lockdown,Capitol Police,Capitol Shooter,Capitol Shooting,Shooting At The Capitol,Shooting Capitol Hill,Politics News,Congress Lockdown

• published: 04 Oct 2013
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