-Caveat Lector- Man Shot Outside White House; Bush Safe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man carrying a gun just outside the White House (news - web sites) grounds was shot in the leg by security personnel on Wednesday, U.S. Park Police said. ``There is a subject outside the fence on E Street side (the south side) of the White House, (it is) a possible suicide attempt,'' said Sgt. Michael Smith of the Park Police. ``Shots have been fired, the subject has been shot in the leg, (he has) non-life threatening injuries and medics are on the scene.'' News reports identified the man as being 17 years old and showed pictures of him arriving at George Washington University Hospital by ambulance. It was not immediately clear what the man's motives were. The incident which occurred at 11:36 a.m. EST, prompted a security alert at the White House in the center of Washington, where President George W. Bush (news - web sites) was working. CNN quoted a Secret Service officials as saying they were confident only one man was involved in the incident and that the president, who was in the residence, was never at risk. Dozens of officers, some carrying automatic weapons, fanned out around the building with others positioning themselves on the roof of the Executive Mansion. John Piana, a tourist from Phoenix, Arizona, said he had just emerged from a White House tour and was walking along the west side of the building when the police started pushing people back, saying that there was ``a situation.'' He said police cars drove up, officers got out and stationed themselves behind their cars, drawing their guns. After a few minutes, Piana said he heard ``one loud bang'' south of the White House and at that point officials started running toward the noise. ``All I heard was one loud bang, then right after the bang everybody started running to where the noise came from,'' Piana said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For More Daily URL's to Current Events, Politics, News, Issues, Quotes, Day In History, Views, Reviews, Opinion, Hot Topics and More... Sign up at WholeLottaLinx URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wholelottalinx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parents visit the ParentCafe and talk parental issue URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParentCafe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get or Give YOUR Daily Pep Talk! Subscribe at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailypeptalk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Chat Addresses: ICQ: 103814927 Y! Messenger: Kazzmir MS Messenger: Kazzmir AOL Messenger: xmulvax _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
