Texas man charged in connection with Washington Mall shooting

New details have emerged in the shooting Monday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney General Jeanine Pirro announced Wednesday that a Texas man accused of carrying out the shooting was charged in U.S. District Court. 
Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged with assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon — all felonies. 
On Monday, a plainclothes U.S. Secret Service agent noticed a man who appeared to be concealing a firearm at a location south of the White House. The agent alerted the Secret Service and requested backup. At the same time, the motorcade for Vice President J.D. Vance was departing the White House. 
Uniformed agents located the man, who was later identified as Marx, along the path of Vance’s motorcade and confronted him, according to court documents. As officers pursued the suspect, he drew a firearm from his waistband, turned, and fired at one of the officers that was chasing him. A civilian near the officer was wounded in the leg. 
Officers returned fire, and Marx was hit in the hand, left arm, and upper abdomen. While being taken to the hospital in an ambulance, Marx allegedly said, “F— the White House.” 
A Sig Sauer P365 handgun loaded with 9mm ammunition was recovered near where Marx fell.

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