The police shot and killed a driver who they said pulled a gun after a routine traffic stop near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The shooting occurred at about 5:15 p.m., after the driver, in a white Mercedes, fled the police, said Sgt. Kim Schneider, a Capitol Police spokeswoman. The man, whose identity was not released, struck an officer on Columbus Circle and then drove down the wrong side of Louisiana Avenue. He came to a stop near the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and C Street, where he hit a police cruiser, Schneider said. 'He was driving very erratically,' Schneider said, adding that the man had 'absolutely no regard for human life whatsoever.' She said officers at the scene saw that the man had a handgun. They 'felt that their lives were in danger' and then shot the driver in his vehicle, Schneider said. Dale and Carol Lanigan, tourists at the scene, said they saw the driver 'flying by' and reaching for something before they heard four or five quick shots. The police administered first aid at the scene, and the man died at a local hospital, Schneider said. The officer who was hit by the car, as well as another officer on a motorcycle, sustained minor injuries. The police did not say what led to the initial stop of the driver. A handgun was found in the Mercedes, Schneider said. 