Aug. 15, 2012
Investigators and onlookers gather after a security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded in Washington.
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Aug. 15, 2012
Authorities did not identify the shooter or the Family Research Council security guard, who scuffled in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in downtown Washington. They also would not say what kind of gun the shooter used or whether the security guard was armed. They still are uncertain of a motive, they said.
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Aug. 15, 2012
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooter walked into the lobby of the building at about 10:45 a.m. and was confronted by the security guard, after which point the man then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground, disarmed him and waited for police, Lanier said. FBI officials said the guard was shot in the arm.
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Aug. 15, 2012
People gather on the steps of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and watch investigators.
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Aug. 15, 2012
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the guard taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. “The security guard here is a hero, as far as I’m concerned,” Lanier said. ”He did his job. The person never made it past the front.” The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said.
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Aug. 15, 2012
A law enforcement official said at one point in the scuffle, the shooter expressed views that differed from those of the Family Research Council, a conservative organization that deals in issues of faith, family and freedom, according to its Web site. The site says the organization is against abortion and euthanasia and considers homosexuality to be a sin. The official also said the shooter was carrying a bag that had a Chick-Fil-A bag inside. Chick-Fil-A’s chief executive has expressed similar views against same-sex marriage as the Research Council. “The police are investigating this incident,” FRC President Tony Perkins said in a statement. “Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family.”
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