Bullet hit white house window

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Washington (CNN) -- The Secret Service is looking into whether a bullet fired into a window at the White House is connected to a shooting nearby last Friday.

The bullet was stopped by a bullet-proof window and did not enter the White House, the Secret Service said Wednesday. Authorities also found another round in the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday, the Secret Service said.

"A round was stopped by ballistic glass behind the historic exterior glass. One additional round has been found on the exterior of the White House. This damage has not been conclusively connected to Friday's incident, and an assessment of the exterior of the White House is ongoing," a Secret Service statement said.

There is no specific concern for President Barack Obama's safety, a Secret Service official not authorized to speak on the record told CNN.

The bullets were found on the south side of the White House, the official told CNN.

Last Friday night at about 9 p.m., U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service investigated after hearing shots fired about 700 to 800 yards from the White House, the Secret Service statement said.

Within five minutes, officers located a vehicle in the 2300 block of Constitution Avenue. "Evidence in the vehicle led to U.S. Park Police obtaining an arrest warrant for Oscar Ortega-Hernandez," described as a 21-year-old Hispanic male, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds.

A weapon registered to Ortega-Hernandez was found in the car, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.

The Secret Service interviewed people who know Ortega-Hernandez, and they determined he had a "direction of interest toward the president and the White House" -- a term that does not suggest a direct specific threat.

Authorities are searching for Ortega-Hernandez, with the FBI, ATF and Metropolitan Police Department all taking part, officials said.

"There's always an outer perimeter and this was on the very outer perimeter of our security," the Secret Service official said. "The gun and car were found within several minutes. We have a lot of security -- a lot of layered security down there and the security worked."

The law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said when shots were heard Friday night, there were reports of tires screeching and cars racing.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/justice/dc-white-house-bullet/index.html

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They have him in custody now.

Authorities have arrested a man wanted in connection with an investigation of a shooting near the White House on Friday night.

The U.S. Secret Service said Pennsylvania authorities arrested Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Wednesday afternoon at a hotel near Indiana, Pa.

A bullet hit an exterior window of the White House but was stopped by ballistic glass, and the Secret Service was investigating Wednesday whether the incident is connected to shots fired nearby last week.

An additional round of ammunition was found on the White House exterior. The bullets were found Tuesday morning.

The discovery follows reports of gunfire near the White House on Friday night. Witnesses heard shots and saw two speeding vehicles in the area. An assault rifle was also recovered.

President Barack Obama, who was headed to a summit in Hawaii, was not at the home at the time of the shooting.

The Secret Service said it has not conclusively connected Friday's incident with the bullets found at the White House. Previously, authorities had said the White House did not appear to have been targeted Friday night.

After the gunfire was reported, police said they found an abandoned car Friday night near the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge that crosses the Potomac River to Virginia.

U.S. Park Police had an arrest warrant for Oscar Ramiro Ortega, who is believed to be connected to the earlier incident.

Edwin Donovan, the Secret Service spokesman, identified the suspect as Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, saying that is the name on his driver's license.

U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser has said items found in the vehicle led investigators to Mr. Ortega. The suspect hasn't been linked to any radical organizations but does have an arrest record in three states, Sgt. Schlosser said Monday.

Arlington Police Lt. Joe Kantor said Mr. Ortega was stopped Friday morning in north Arlington after a citizen called in a report of somebody “circling the area.”

When police stopped Mr. Ortega, he was on foot and had an out of state address, Kantor said. Police took photos of him but had no cause to detain him, Kantor said.

In 2010, there were a series of pre-dawn shootings at military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Police charged a Marine Corps reservist with those shootings earlier this year. The suspect, Yonathan Melaku of Alexandria, Va., remains in custody.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/suspect-arrested-after-shots-fired-near-white-house-secret-service/article2237690/

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An additional round of ammunition was found on the White House exterior.

How'd he throw a round of ammunition 800 yards?

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How'd he throw a round of ammunition 800 yards?

they'd better start checking out disgruntled olympians.