Suspect arrested in White House shooting (Unshaven Knit Cap Wearing Hippie)

WTOP ^ | 11/16/2011 | WTOP's Mark Segraves and The Associated Press

[Smogger]

WASHINGTON - The Secret Service says the man wanted in connection with Friday's shooting near the White House has been taken into custody.

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez was arrested at the Hampton Inn in Indiana, Pa. at about 12:35 p.m. Wednesday after a hotel employee recognized him and called police. He is currently in the custody of Pennsylvania State Police.

When reached by phone, a hotel employee said he had been instructed by police not to speak to reporters. A bomb squad has since been called to search the hotel.

Ortega-Hernandez was sought by federal authorities after reports of gunfire near the White House on Friday night while President Barack Obama was traveling to a summit in Hawaii. Witnesses heard shots and saw two speeding vehicles in the area. An assault rifle was also recovered.

No one was injured in the shooting, but officials are investigating two bullets that hit the White House, one of them apparently cracking a window on the residential level where the Obama family lives.

[Oztrich Boy]

Oh, He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne.

[TheOldLady]

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[ct_libertarian]

Jayne Cobb would beat the twinkle-fingered OWS rich-boys senseless. Then he would take their stuff.

[Graewoulf]

” - - - The majority of people with Spanish surnames are not here illegally.”

If what your quote says is true, then why do the majority of people who are here illegally have Spanish surnames?

[ct_libertarian]

I find this line particularly interesting: ". . . with ties to Idaho."

No one ever says ". . . with ties to Vermont" or ". . . with ties to California"

So what's so special about Idaho?
My answer: they are known for White Separatism and Anti-Government Militia activity, exactly what The Marxists claim The Tea Party is guilty of.

Obviously, a charge of White Separatism isn't going to fly because of his Hispanic name, but a charge of being an Anti-Government Militia member might.

That reference to Idaho has my antennae up.
I am fully expecting this story to be twisted into a Tea Party smear.

[floralamiss]

WOW! Indiana, Pennsylvania? That’s the hometown of our esteemed FReeper, Jimmy Stewart and also, of renowned Academy Award winning actor, “Joe 6-pack”!

Oh, wait...

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL...that’s “actor in an Academy Award Winning film, Joe 6-pack” :-)

[floralamiss]

I still think you should’ve received “Best Actor” for your 1990 portrayal of the Italian in the Oscar winning film. And half of it was filmed underwater! You were superb! Even your shirt was superb!

:-)

[GreenLanternCorps]

Radical leftist tries to shoot a liberal politician. So how long will it take for the press to blame Sarah Palin?

[TaxRelief]

I find this line particularly interesting: ". . . with ties to Idaho."

Branding him a redneck... (we know all rednecks are racists, right?)

His parents own a Mexican Restaurant in Idaho Falls.