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Well, between the White House and Washington Monument, Secret Service say they tried to approach the man after noticing the imprint of a gun.
The man then fled and allegedly fired towards the agents who returned fire, wounding Mr. Marks.
While in the ambulance, he allegedly said, quote, fuck the White House and kill me, kill me, kill me, unquote.
A 15-year-old was also shot during this incident.
And at first, Secret Service claimed that the armed man shot the kid.
But they later reneged that claim.
Though after Marks was charged, U.S.
Attorney Jeanine Pirro repeated this claim, saying that he, quote, shot an innocent bystander who was simply crossing the street with his family, unquote.
After the shooting, Chris McDonald, a congressional affairs official with Secret Service, told Congress that there was no indication that the man was targeting anyone inside the executive complex, writing, quote, President Trump was not in any danger.
So we don't actually know what happened here.
Was this just some weirdo conceal carrying, presumably illegally?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, just because he does that?
Or was he trying to commit?