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On Monday afternoon, a man was shot by the Secret Service on the National Mall near the Washington Monument. There was eventually a press briefing by the Secret Service and we learned that the man had been spotted by a plain-clothes agent patrolling the outer perimeter of the White House. That agent had identified a gun and called in cars with uniformed secret service agents.

None of what happened was captured on video but allegedly the man with the gun saw he was being followed by cops and ran. He also pulled his weapon and fired at the Secret Service. They fired back and he was struck more than once. He was arrested and taken to a hospital. In the crossfire, a 15-year-old bystander was also hit but his injuries were not life-threatening.
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Today we're learning a bit more from U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro about the suspect, including his name. Also, the shooter said some things in the ambulance on the way to the hospital that might be revealing.

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"One of the things that he said on the way to the hospital was, 'F the White House,' and 'Kill me, kill me, kill me' -- three times," Pirro said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas on Tuesday. "But he was very clear, 'F the White House.'"...

Pirro said she intends to charge the suspect, whom she identified as Michael Marx, with assault against a federal officer.

The 45-year-old suspect has a Texas driver's license and no obvious connection to Washington, and authorities are working to learn why he was in the city, according to multiple law enforcement sources.

April 16 (UPI) -- The federal government's Vessel Sanitation Program continues its health inspections of cruise ships despite recent staff reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"This work has not stopped as the VSP is primarily staffed by [U.S. Public Health Service officers]," a CDC spokesperson told Food Safety News.

Those commissioned officers were not among those who were released from the CDC amid the Trump administration's reduction of the federal workforce.

The inspections are being carried out by half the number of inspectors, though, Food Safety News reported on Wednesday.

Ocelot II (131,099 posts)
1. It's not just negligence now. It seems like they are actively trying to make everything worse.
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Thu May 7, 2026, 11:15 AM

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