Pentagon lockdown lifted after gunman shot by police near Metro bus platform

The scene is safe and there are no other suspects, said the official. He stressed that the situation was still "fluid" and that more information is being received.According to Lt. Col. Uriah Oland, Pentagon Force Protection Agency issued an alert instructing personnel not leave the building following a shooting incident on Tuesday morning."The Pentagon is currently under lockdown due to an incident at Pentagon Transit Center," PFPA tweeted shortly before 11:11 on Tuesday. We ask the public to avoid the area. We will provide more information.You will find the Metro station and bus stop just outside of the Pentagon building. To enter the building, visitors must first pass security if they are coming from the Metro station or parking lot.After a fatal stabbing on the Metro station at Pentagon, in March 2020, it was shut down. It was reopened at 2:30 p.m. the following day.Katherine Foley contributed to the report.