Police shot a man after he pulled a weapon at a US Capitol checkpoint as spring tourists thronged Washington. The suspect was previously known to police, who last October arrested him for disrupting House of Representatives proceedings and yelling he was a "Prophet of God". US Capitol Police identified the man as 66-year-old Larry Dawson of Tennessee. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed. Dawson was taken to a local hospital, where police said he was in stable but critical condition. A female bystander also suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Initial reports had said a police officer was injured but that proved wrong. After his arrest last year, Dawson was issued a "stay away order" by DC Superior Court in October, telling him to keep away from the Capitol grounds. The US Capitol was on lockdown for about an hour on Monday and the White House also was briefly locked down. As the capital teemed with spring tourists in town to view the cherry blossoms, staff members and visitors to the Capitol were rushed into offices and told to shelter in place. "We do believe this is an act of a single person who has frequented the...
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