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Eugene

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Sat Mar 3, 2018, 02:21 PM Mar 2018

Man shoots himself outside White House, Secret Service says

Source: The Guardian

Man shoots himself outside White House, Secret Service says

• DC police: ‘Adult male has been declared deceased’
• Donald Trump not in residence at time of incident


Martin Pengelly
Sat 3 Mar 2018 19.14 GMT First published on Sat 3 Mar 2018 17.34 GMT

A man shot himself in front of the White House on Saturday, the Secret Service said, adding that no other injuries were reported.

The Washington DC police department said: “Adult male has been declared deceased. We are working to notify next of kin.”

Donald Trump was not in residence at the time of the incident. The president was in Florida, staying at his Mar-a-Lago property. He spent the morning at one of his golf courses in the state.

The Secret Service initially said on Twitter personnel were “responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the north fence line of [the White House]”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/03/white-house-shooting-incident
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Man shoots himself outside White House, Secret Service says (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2018 OP
The Gun Fulfilled It's Job Correctly SoCalMusicLover Mar 2018 #1
The GOP has now become the NRA. All proud of death and destruction! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #2
And all will turn away, since no one else was hurt and assume the man was mentally ill... hlthe2b Mar 2018 #3

hlthe2b

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3. And all will turn away, since no one else was hurt and assume the man was mentally ill...
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 02:31 PM
Mar 2018

That, even though this may represent the parakeet in coalmine of emerging despondency and wretched despair among segments of our people...

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