A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooter walked into the lobby of the building at about 10:45 and was confronted by the security guard as if the guard was asking him where he was going.
The man then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard, Lanier said. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground, disarmed him and waited for police, she said. The guard was then taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, the chief said.
The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said.
“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.”
Read More at The Washington Post. By Paul Duggan and Mihir Zaveri.
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It was’nt a knife or else the libes would be trying to ban knives,or bows and arrows ,sling shots and rocks.glad the guard was armed with a like weapon to the shooter and was able to stop whatever evil was in that shooters heart unlike Aurora,Colmibine or most other gunfree zones!He who is unarmed is either a victim in waiting or a slave without rights.Just think America ,most of our public schools are gunfree zones. our dearleader just allowed 1.3 million illegals walking around papers and Eric has been arming at least some of those and Janet is busy playing soriety sisters instead of inforcing the border ,nothing to worry about ,move on?I wonder if that might change the unempolyment rate ,foodstamps,wellfare ,crime ,schools ?
Well moderator I hope you’ll think before you vote and hope you and yours are safe and well,remember Our dearleader has now made illegal invasion by deciet legal in his mind!Mexico has a lower unemployment rate than the US ,so ask yourself if Eric Holders arming drug cartels and Janets playing in the office might not have a cause and effect on the current flow of illegals into our country!Need I remind you that Mexico is now talking about legalizing all drugs! Wo’nt that be nice <having Drug cartels operating next door ,running a country ,just like Columbia only worse!Something else to consider the present regime is now borrowing at 40 cents on the dollar from China,Russia,and the Saudis to buy votes with and at the sametime making deals in the name of US,we know nothing about!Remember the open mike comments to the russians?or Timmy G.s trips to China?or Hillierys many trips ?Can you really trust your future freedom and liberty to this bunch??
I cannot wait to see how CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS reports on this, IF they report on it at all.
The guards should have shot this friggin queer lover dead, not just beat him up and hold him for the cops.. I could care less about one less queer in the world.