Gunman formally charged with trying to assassinate Barack Obama

In addition to the attempted assassination charge, Ortega-Hernandez of Idaho
Falls, Idaho, was charged with assaulting federal officers with a deadly
weapon, injuring property of the United
States
, and related firearms charges.

Ortega-Hernandez was arrested near Pennsylvania’s border with Indiana, some
300 miles from the US capital.

Authorities had located an abandoned vehicle in Washington registered to him
containing a semi-automatic assault rifle “with a large scope mounted on the
top portion of the weapon,” along with ammunition and nine spent shell
casings.

He is accused of taking several shots at the residential area of the White
House, at least one of which struck the mansion. He faces life in prison if
convicted.

Neither Mr Obama nor members of the first family were home at the time of the
shooting.

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