Reads like an attempt of ‘suicide by cop’. But yes, as our reader Huck Funn says, amazing how many guns there are to protect man who would take ours away…
Via Daily Mail:
The man who was shot by the Secret Service as he approached the White House brandishing a gun has been named as a 30-year-old man who lives with his parents.
Jesse Oliveri, from Ashland, Pennsylvania, said he ‘wanted to die’ as he walked towards the checkpoint carrying his weapon in plain sight and refused to drop it, law enforcement sources said.
Agents shot him once in the stomach as he tried to march through the checkpoint one block west of the White House at 3pm on Friday, sparking chaos at the presidential compound as it was placed on lockdown. Oliveri remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Federal officers found ammunition for a .22 caliber weapon in the front seat of a white car parked on Constitution Avenue, just a few hundred yards away from where Oliveri was shot.
Vice President Joe Biden was rushed to a secure area as the gunman was taken to hospital. President Obama was not home at the time of the shooting and was out playing golf.
HT: Mandy Manners