Washington: A woman in a vehicle tried to ram a police cruiser on the US Capitol grounds on Wednesday morning and shots were fired during the incident, police said. They said no one was shot and a suspect is in custody.

The incident started at 9.30 am when calls came in for shots fired outside the Rayburn office building. A US Capitol Police spokeswoman said the female driver tried to ram a US Capitol Police cruiser and tried to run over several other officers. US Capitol police officers pursued the person on foot.

By 9.45 am, the suspect was in police custody. The person was caught near the US Botanic Garden, according to DC police.

Eva Malecki, the communications director for the US Capitol Police, said at a press conference that the shots were fired in the process of an arrest. It was not clear who had fired the shots and Malecki did not specify.