News broke moments ago that a U.S. Capitol Police officer is injured after a car smashed into a barrier near the Library of Congress and U.S. Capitol Building. Buildings in the area have been evacuated following the incident.

Per NBC Washington:

Police are searching the “suspicious” car at Second Street SE and Pennsylvania Avenue SE. They used a robot to approach the car.

Several people at the scene yelled “fire in the hole!” as police “disrupted” the trunk of the car with a loud explosion in order to search it.

The officer and driver of the car suffered minor injuries. D.C. Fire and EMS are at the scene.

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Information on the driver was not released immediately.