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Lockdown at U.S. Capitol building lifted

Posted at 9:34 AM, Jul 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-08 09:52:04-04

WASHINGTON – A Capitol Hill office building was on lockdown briefly Friday morning, and those inside the Rayburn building were told to shelter in place.

Capitol Hill police said they were investigating a “person of interest.”

Planned votes on the House floor were delayed.