Shots Fired at the White House

21 Year old Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an Idaho resident, was arrested last Wednesday because he was possibly shooting at the White House with a semi-automatic rifle the Friday prior. The suspect's family said that he had an obsession with President Obama. Even though Ortega- Hernandez has gotten in trouble with the law before, the Secret Service didn't have his name on file for threatening the President. The man was allegedly looking suspicious on that same Friday, though police didn't arrest him at that time. The United States Park Police looked around in the Occupy D.C. site for the man, though they didn't find him there. However, the Secret Service were told where he was by a hotel worker. Pennsylvania State Police were sent out to get Ortega-Hernandez. As for a motive, Sgt. David Schlosser of the U.S. Park Police said that the suspects motives for doing this won't be clear "until we can talk to this guy."

Source: The New York Times