Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we start with breaking news in our national

lead for the second time in just three months. The flags at the U.S. Capitol are being

lowered to half staff because of an attack on the Capitol, one that resulted in the loss

of a police officer's life. One Capitol police officer is dead. Another is injured after

police say a man rammed his car into them this afternoon before crashing into a barricade.

Just outside the U.S. Capitol, police say the man then got out of his car with a knife

and ran at officers who shot and killed him. The Washington D.C. Police Chief Robert

Conti says this does not appear to be terrorism related and the head of Capitol Police says

the suspect was not known to them prior to this incident.

At approximately 102 hours this afternoon, a suspect entered what we refer to as the

North Barricade of the Capitol. The suspect rammed his car into two of our officers and

then hit the North Barricade barrier. As such, the suspect exited the vehicle with a knife

in hand. Our officers then engaged that suspect. He did not respond to verbal commands.

The suspect did start lunging toward U.S. Capitol police officers at which time U.S. Capitol

police officers fired upon the suspect. At this time, the suspect has been pronounced

deceased. Two U.S. Capitol police officers were transported to two different hospitals and

it is with a very, very heavy heart that I announced one of our officers has succumbed

to his injuries. I just asked that the public continue to keep U.S. Capitol police and their

families in your prayers. This has been an extremely difficult time for U.S. Capitol police

after the events of January 6th and now the events that have occurred here today. So

I asked that you keep our U.S. Capitol police family in your thoughts and prayers.

I would remind you that one officer was killed and two others committed suicide after the

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