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Authorities have identified the woman, Miriam Carey, 34, from Stamford, Conn. who set off an erratic high-speed car chase that put the Capitol on lockdown Thursday.
Police said the incident started when Carey hit an officer and rammed her black Infiniti into a median near the White House. After that happened Carey sped off towards the Capitol. Officers pursued the suspect and surrounded her however she got away by ramming a Secret Service car. She took off again, this time her car got stuck in the median. Police shot and killed her as she was running from her vehicle near the Hart Senate Office Building.
When searching her car police found Carey’s one-year old daughter in the backseat.
The child was unharmed, however she was sent to the hospital for a precaution and then placed in protective custody.
"This does not appear to be in any way an accident," Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
Miriam’s mother, Idella Carey said her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression after giving birth to her daughter last August.
"She had post-partum depression after having the baby," she said. She added, "A few months later, she got sick. She was depressed. She was hospitalized."
She also added that her daughter had "no history of violence" and doesn’t know why she was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Last she heard was that Miriam was taking her granddaughter to a doctor's appointment in Connecticut.
Capitol Police chief Kim Dine said as of now they don’t see any connection to terrorism and that this was “isolated, singular matter.â€
Authorities have not determined a motive yet.
Police said the incident started when Carey hit an officer and rammed her black Infiniti into a median near the White House. After that happened Carey sped off towards the Capitol. Officers pursued the suspect and surrounded her however she got away by ramming a Secret Service car. She took off again, this time her car got stuck in the median. Police shot and killed her as she was running from her vehicle near the Hart Senate Office Building.
When searching her car police found Carey’s one-year old daughter in the backseat.
The child was unharmed, however she was sent to the hospital for a precaution and then placed in protective custody.
"This does not appear to be in any way an accident," Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
Miriam’s mother, Idella Carey said her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression after giving birth to her daughter last August.
"She had post-partum depression after having the baby," she said. She added, "A few months later, she got sick. She was depressed. She was hospitalized."
She also added that her daughter had "no history of violence" and doesn’t know why she was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Last she heard was that Miriam was taking her granddaughter to a doctor's appointment in Connecticut.
Capitol Police chief Kim Dine said as of now they don’t see any connection to terrorism and that this was “isolated, singular matter.â€
Authorities have not determined a motive yet.
