Texan Charged After Secret Service Shooting Near DC's National Mall
Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in a federal complaint with three counts—assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful firearm possession by a felon—after a May 4 shooting near the Washington Monument that wounded a bystander as Vice President J.D. Vance's motorcade passed. A Sig Sauer P365 handgun was recovered, Marx did not have a DC handgun license, and he was shot by officers and hospitalized following the incident.