WASHINGTON - A dramatic car chase through the streets of Washington from near the WhiteHouse to the U.S. Capitol ended in gunfire on Thursday when law enforcement officers shotand killed the driver as lawmakers and aides huddled in a lockdown.

The identity of the driver - a woman - was not released.

"The suspect in the vehicle was struckby gunfire and at this point has been pronounced (dead)," Washington's police chief, CathyLanier, told reporters.Driving a black car, the 34-year-old woman rammed security barricades "at the very outerperimeter of the White House," U.S. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said. Then the car,carrying a 1-year-old girl, raced up Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol where Congresswas in session.

Police gave chase and fired at the car. It finally came to a halt near the Capitol building, saidCapitol Police Chief Kim Dine.

"My understanding is there was a 1-year-old child in the car," Dine said. "I believe one of ourofficers rescued the child," who was taken to a hospital.

The incident rattled Washington just three weeks after a government contractor opened fire atthe Washington Navy Yard, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Capitol, killing 12 people andwounding three others before he was shot to death by police.

Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee,told CNN that officials believe the woman driving the car in Thursday's incident may have hadmental health problems.

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