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Man charged in DC shooting was walking near JD Vance’s motorcade, agent says

the Guardian·Associated Press·26 days ago
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A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington monument this week was walking along the path of JD Vance ’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times during Monday’s confrontation and was in the back of an ambulance on his way to a hospital when he said: “‘F—k the White House’ and ‘Kill me, kill me, kill me’”, a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit. The sworn statement does not specify whether investigators believe Marx had a particular target. The US attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a statement that her office “will pursue the most serious charges available against anyone who brings gun violence to our streets, particularly when that violence unfolds steps from the seat of our government and the path of the vice-president of the United States”.…

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