WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was following the path of Vice President JD Vance\u2019s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The suspect, Michael Marx, was shot multiple times during Monday\u2019s confrontation and was in the back of an ambulance on his way to a hospital when he said, \u201c\u2018F(asterisk)(asterisk)k the White House\u2019 and \u201cKill me, kill me, kill me,\u2019\u201d a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit.<\/p>\n
The sworn statement does not specify whether investigators believe Marx had a particular target.<\/p>\n
Marx was walking along the path of Vance\u2019s motorcade when officers spotted him near the intersection of 15th Street and Independence Avenue. The officers were responding to a Secret Service agent\u2019s report that Marx was seen near with White House complex with a firearm concealed on the right side of his body, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n
Marx pulled a firearm from his waistband as he ran away from Secret Service officers and fired at one of them, but a bystander behind the officer was shot in the leg, the affidavit says. Officers returned fire and struck Marx in his abdomen, a hand and his left arm, according to the filing. It says Marx spit at officers as they provided him with aid after the shooting.<\/p>\n
The teenage bystander was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital, ABC News reported. ABC was first to report what the suspect allegedly said after the shooting.<\/p>\n
Marx, who had a Texas driver\u2019s license, was charged in a complaint with assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm during a violent crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n
The shooting came just over a week after a California man tried to storm the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner while armed with guns and knives. Cole Tomas Allen has been charged in that incident with attempting to assassinate the president and firing a gun at a Secret Service officer.<\/p>\n
Around the time of Monday\u2019s shooting, President Donald Trump was holding a small business event at the White House, which was briefly locked down as authorities investigated.<\/p>\n
Online court records did not immediately list the name of a lawyer representing Marx.<\/p>\n
Marx has used aliases, including Michael Patrick and Michael Zavici, according to the affidavit. It says Marx had a 2011 drug trafficking conviction in Florida that made it illegal for him to possess a firearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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