<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US police say they have arrested a man who was seen running with a shotgun towards the nation's Capitol Building in Washington DC.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents and workers were temporarily placed into lockdown and were urged to avoid the area soon after the sighting of the man.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No injuries have been reported and police are due to give an update shortly.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/essex-police-reviewing-stansted-private-flight-data-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein/028aa7bf-c2d5-43db-845b-0d20487e48a5"><strong><span>UK police reviewing private flight data linked to Jeffrey Epstein</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="tweet" data-tweet-id="2023813274282897827" data-user="9NewsAUS"></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said the man dropped his weapon and complied when "challenged" by US Capitol police officers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Congress was not in session when the arrest occurred.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier, Capitol Police had urged people to avoid the area, saying that "our officers just arrested a person with what appears to be a gun."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-news-man-arrested-with-gun-us-capitol-building/1f93ddf8-f37b-4fc0-aa9e-988253b5831b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Capitol Building infamously captured worldwide attention when it was subject to an attempted insurrection by a mob of protesters on January 6, 2021.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come ...</span></em></div></div>