The Pentagon, which houses the headquarters of the United States Department of Defence, on Tuesday, lifted the brief lockdown induced due to shooting at a nearby Metro station.
The information was shared by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) on its micro-blogging site’s handle which read,” The Pentagon has lifted the lockdown and has reopened. Corridor 2 and the Metro entrance remain closed. Corridor 3 is open for pedestrian traffic.”
According to the reports, the shooting incident took place nearby a Metro bus platform which is a part of the Pentagon Transit Center. Reports of ‘multiple injuries’ have also emerged in which a cop also got injured; however, the PFPA is yet to share any information on the same.
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Notably, the transit facility is a few steps away from the Pentagon building.
US defense secretary Lloyd Austin and General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were not at the Pentagon when the incident occurred, as they were meeting president Joe Biden at the White House.