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elleng

(131,077 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 01:00 PM Jun 2017

Man in Washington Hits 3, Including 2 Police Officers, With Truck.

'A 22-year-old man with an unregistered assault rifle used his truck to strike two police officers and another man in the heart of the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington on Thursday evening, according to local law enforcement officials.

The man, Brandon Lord Figures-Mormon, was charged with assault with the intent to kill and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm, the officials said. Another man in the truck was arrested, they said.

One of the Metropolitan Police Department officers who was injured was hospitalized and is in critical but stable condition, the officials said. The other officer is in fair condition, they added.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/us/politics/truck-washington-police.html?

(Have a better weekend, folks. )

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Man in Washington Hits 3, Including 2 Police Officers, With Truck. (Original Post) elleng Jun 2017 OP
What the hell? IronLionZion Jun 2017 #1
'Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department were still trying to determine on Friday morning elleng Jun 2017 #2
Why don't they just ask him why he did it? IronLionZion Jun 2017 #3

IronLionZion

(45,519 posts)
1. What the hell?
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 01:20 PM
Jun 2017


Sounds like he was targeting the officers. But it's not terrorism because his name is Brandon

elleng

(131,077 posts)
2. 'Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department were still trying to determine on Friday morning
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 01:26 PM
Jun 2017

what motivated the man to hit the officers with his truck, the officials said. The Metropolitan Police Department — not the F.B.I. — has taken the lead in the investigation, a sign that the authorities have not determined that terrorism was a factor.' Got it?

IronLionZion

(45,519 posts)
3. Why don't they just ask him why he did it?
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 02:00 PM
Jun 2017

He's still alive after targeting police officers while unarmed children have been shot dead for not committing any crimes.

Got it.

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