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  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A shooting at a Metro station adjacent to the Pentagon prompted the U.S. military to shut down the giant office complex on Thursday evening, officials and witnesses said.
  • Local television station WUSA reported three people were shot. Two were taken to George Washington Hospital in Washington, the station said.
  • Defense Department officials said they believed Pentagon security officers were among the injured.
  • All entrances to the five-sided building were closed shortly after the incident.
  • “Metro is locked down until further notice,” Pentagon police said in a message over the building’s intercom.
  • Some witnesses reported hearing gunshots being fired in the station and people screaming.

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