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Gunman dies after wounding two police in Pentagon shooting
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 05 - 03 - 2010


A gunman has died after opening fire and
wounding two police guards outside the Pentagon entrance, dpa quoted police
as confirming today.
John Patrick Bedell, 36, pulled a handgun and started firing as he
tried to enter the Defence Department's headquarters Thursday
evening, according to Pentagon Police Chief Richard Keevil.
Bedell was wounded in the shootout and died of his injuries a few
hours later. Two Pentagon civilian police officers were hospitalized
with what Keevil described as "grazing injuries," which were not life
threatening.
Bedell is believed to have acted alone and Keevil said police had
yet to find a motive. Investigators were looking into internet
postings from Bedell, originally from California, that reportedly
displayed anger towards the US government and skepticism over the
September 11, 2001, attacks.
The incident began about 6:40 pm (2340 GMT), when Bedell
approached the sprawling office complex's busy entrance at the
Washington Metro's Pentagon station.
He was "very calm" and reached into a pocket for what the officers
at the checkpoint expected would be a pass to enter the building but
instead pulled out a handgun and shot the two officers, Keevil said.
"Both officers were able to return fire," he said.
The officers, armed with .40-calibre semiautomatic Glock handguns,
wounded and disabled the suspect. "Many" shots were fired, Keevil
said.
"We were fortunate that there (were) no other injuries," he said.
The officers at the scene, Jeffery Amos and Marvin Carraway,
described the suspect as showing no distress or nerves and not
speaking before the shooting: "He walked up very cool," Keevil said.
Pentagon police were being assisted in the shooting investigation
by FBI and Secret Service agents and sheriff's deputies from
Arlington, Virginia, where the defence headquarters are located on
the Potomac River across from Washington.
The Pentagon was locked down for at least an hour after the
shooting, and the Pentagon subway station was closed, delaying trains
during the later part of the Thursday evening rush hour.


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