The Pentagon reopened on Tuesday afternoon, roughly an hour and a half after the building was placed on lockdown following a "shooting event" near the Metro bus platform.
"The Pentagon has lifted the lock down and has reopened," the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, which is responsible for security in and around the Defense Department complex, wrote on Twitter. The agency added that the Metro entrance remains closed.
The gunman was shot by a Pentagon police officer and did not get inside the Pentagon building, a Pentagon Force Protection Agency official told POLITICO. One other officer was injured and is being transported to seek medical attention.
There are no additional suspects at this time and the scene is secure, the official said, stressing that the situation is still "fluid" and that information is still coming in.
Following a "shooting incident" on Tuesday morning, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency sent out an alert instructing all personnel not to leave the building, Lt. Col. Uriah Orland told POLITICO.
"The Pentagon currently is on lock down due to an incident at the Pentagon Transit Center," PFPA tweeted shortly after 11am on Tuesday." We are asking the public to please avoid the area. More information will be forthcoming."
The Metro station and bus stop is located just outside the Pentagon building. Visitors coming from the Metro or parking lot must pass through security to enter the building.
The Pentagon Metro station was closed in March 2020 after a man was fatally stabbed on the platform shortly before 9 a.m. It reopened around 2:30 p.m. that same day.
Katherine Foley contributed to this report.
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