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Capitol returning to normal after armed intruder is shot

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol complex was set to return to normal today, a day after police say officers shot and wounded a man who pulled a weapon at a security checkpoint as he entered the underground Capitol Visitor Center.

Capitol Police identified the man as 66-year-old Larry R. Dawson of Tennessee. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed. Dawson was taken to a local hospital and underwent surgery. Late Monday, police said he was in stable but critical condition.

Dawson disrupted a House session last October by yelling he was a “Prophet of God.”

He was issued a “stay away order” by the District of Columbia Superior Court that same month that required him to avoid the Capitol grounds, court documents show.

A bystander was slightly wounded in Monday’s incident.

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