Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer speaks to the media after the shooting. Larry Downing/Reuters

Police officers attend to an officer in the cruiser that was wrecked. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Capitol police officers look at a car believed to belong to the suspect in the incident. Charles Dharapak/AP

Police run at the corner of Constitution Avenue and First Street after a high speed car chase and shots are fired near Second Street N.W. and Constitution Avenue. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

People take cover as gunshots are heard at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

The FBI is searching a home in Stamford, Conn. in connection with the car chase and gunfire incident near the White House and Capitol building Thursday, Stamford’s mayor said.

Law enforcement authorities have identified the suspect as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford. The authorities spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the information publicly.

Stamford police were helping federal authorities as needed, Mayor Michael Pavia told the AP. Police officers cordoned off a condominium building and the surrounding neighborhood in the shoreline city. It was not immediately clear whether the home was Carey’s.

Condo resident Eric Bredow, a banker, said police told him the suspect in the car chase was one of his neighbors.

"I see the door to my building open and the FBI bomb squad in front of it," said Bredow, who added that helicopters were flying overhead when he first went home.

The police chief of Washington, D.C., told reporters earlier Thursday evening that the suspect in the car chase incident, which began outside the White House and ended near the Capitol building, had been killed.

“The suspect in the vehicle was struck by gunfire and at this point has been pronounced [dead],” Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier said at a news conference.

Though police said they would not provide any details about the suspect, who eyewitnesses say was apparently unarmed, Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine confirmed earlier reports that a child was in the car during the chase.

He said the 1 year-old child was safe and has been taken into protective custody.

Lanier said the incident "does not appear to be an accident," citing the "lengthy pursuit" of the suspect.

Peppered with questions about whether the incident Thursday afternoon was linked to terrorism, Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine said there was "no nexus to terrorism," although the investigation is still ongoing.

Two officers were injured during the car chase — a Capitol Police officer and a Secret Service officer — and both are expected to recover, Dine said. The Capitol Police officer, a 23-year veteran of the force, was injured when his car collided with a barrier. He was taken to a hospital, and Dine said he is "doing well."