The chase ended minutes later at the northeast corner of the Capitol grounds, near the U.S. Supreme Court building, when the Infiniti was stopped by a barrier near Second Street NE. The officials said she made a U-turn and became stuck on a median by a Capitol Police guard post, where she was shot dead. Seventeen shots were fired into the car at this point, they said.

The officials said Carey never left her vehicle, contradicting some early reports indicating she was shot as she exited the Infiniti, and confirmed that she was unarmed. The child in her car – later identified as her 1-year-old daughter — was uninjured.

They also said that travel records reviewed by investigators indicated that Carey had driven straight to Washington, D.C., from Stamford on Thursday.

Despite the new details, numerous questions remain unanswered on the case, including, whether Carey had any communication with officers during any of the encounters, whether police knew a child was in her car, and whether Carey made any threatening movement during the final confrontation, on the northeast side of the Capitol.