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Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro

The Pentagon is on lockdown after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station

Via AP news wire
Tuesday 03 August 2021 16:01 BST
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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.

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