{"id":199,"date":"2026-10-16T17:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/?p=199"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:08:40","slug":"more-details-emerge-about-the-man-who-opened-fire-near-vances-motorcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"More Details Emerge About the Man Who Opened Fire Near Vance\u2019s Motorcade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchdailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-design-38-735x400-7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">The suspect accused of opening fire in Washington, D.C., shortly before Vice President J.D. Vance\u2019s motorcade was scheduled to pass through the area allegedly shouted \u201cf*** the White House\u201d while being transported to the hospital, officials said as authorities identified the gunman.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Michael Marx, of Midland, Texas, was named by Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro as the suspect accused of exchanging gunfire with Secret Service agents. (Trump\u2019s DOJ announces blockbuster arrest)<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The alarming incident near the Washington Monument and the National Mall began after a plainclothes Secret Service agent allegedly spotted Michael Marx attempting to conceal a firearm on the right side of his body while near 15th Street and Madison Drive, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2040975\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<p>The agent reportedly alerted additional Secret Service personnel, who later encountered Marx near 15th Street Southwest and Independence Avenue Southwest as he was allegedly \u201cwalking along the path of\u201d Vance\u2019s motorcade, which had departed the White House moments earlier, the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, agents exited their vehicles and began shouting commands at Marx, who allegedly ran across the street alongside a group of bystanders while pulling a handgun from his waistband.<\/p>\n<p>Once on the opposite side of the street, Marx allegedly turned and fired at a Secret Service agent, with one of the shots striking a child in the leg while the juvenile was with family members nearby, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Agents then allegedly returned fire, striking Marx in the hand, left arm, and upper abdomen, the complaint states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect accused of opening fire in Washington, D.C., shortly before Vice President J.D. Vance\u2019s motorcade was scheduled to pass through the area allegedly shouted \u201cf*** the White House\u201d while &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usbrief.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}