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Source: Suspect identified after driver attempts to ram cruiser near US Capitol

A woman is in custody after she tried to ram a police car near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday morning, according to U.S. Capitol Police. 

<p>(Photo: Sonia Dasgupta) </p>

A woman is in custody after she tried to ram a police car near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday morning, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

A federal law enforcement source identified the woman as 20-year-old Taleah Everett, no fixed address.

Around 9:20 a.m., the woman was spotted driving erratically in the area of Independence Avenue. Officers tried to stop her car, but she made a U-turn and nearly hit the officers and one cruiser.

Everett allegedly stopped her car at Washington and Independence Avenues and a short foot chase followed before she was taken into custody. Shots were fired in the incident, but no one was injured.

Police have not said who fired the shots or how many shots were fired.

Two high school students from Maryland, who were visiting the U.S. Capitol, said they heard the gunshots.

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"I heard two muffled gunshots, and then a third, three gunshots," Westminster student Ryan Schooley said in an interview Wednesday. "Then we heard screaming and saw officers pop out of nowhere."

Members of the high school trip had no time to take off their heels, as their feet clacked towards the Capitol. A student recorded the scene and posted it to Snapchat, after the group reached a safe distance from the crime scene.

Officials said everything in the area remains open and nothing was put on lockdown. The incident was described by police as criminal in nature with no connection to terrorism.

Everett was charged with seven counts of assault on a police officer, two counts of destruction of property, fleeing, leaving after colliding and having no valid permit.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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