--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, people run for cover after shots were fired near the U.S. Capitol title: TIME's Photo of the Day: People Run for Cover During Capitol Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40e5e8f270600947/6987a794a988ca15146af4d3/182998710.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Running for Cover on Capitol Hill by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2013 8:49 PM CUT  Oct. 3, 2013\. Police close in on the U.S. Capitol as people run for cover after reports of a shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Capitol and the White House were placed on lockdown after an "active shooter" situation was reported. Oct. 3, 2013\. Police close in on the U.S. Capitol as people run for cover after reports of a shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Capitol and the White House were placed on lockdown after an "active shooter" situation was reported.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2013 8:49 PM CUT  Oct. 3, 2013\. Police close in on the U.S. Capitol as people run for cover after reports of a shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Capitol and the White House were placed on lockdown after an "active shooter" situation was reported. Alex Wong—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802893/running-for-cover-on-capitol-hill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802893/running-for-cover-on-capitol-hill/"},"headline":"Running for Cover on Capitol Hill","datePublished":"2013-10-03T20:49:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.037Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, people run for cover after shots were fired near the U.S. Capitol","url":"https://time.com/3802893/running-for-cover-on-capitol-hill/","keywords":["LightBox","White House","shooting","Washington","D.C.","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40e5e8f270600947/6987a794a988ca15146af4d3/182998710.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40e5e8f270600947/6987a794a988ca15146af4d3/182998710.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Capitol On Lockdown After Reports Of Gun Shots","caption":"U.S. Capitol On Lockdown After Reports Of Gun Shots","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802893/running-for-cover-on-capitol-hill/","name":"Running for Cover on Capitol Hill"}}]}] ```