A Texas man has been charged after shots were fired at Secret Service agents Monday while the motorcade of Vice President J.D. Vance was passing through an area near the Washington Monument.
A teenage bystander was wounded in the incident.
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, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a Department of Justicenews release.
“We will prove this defendant carried an illegal firearm into the heart of Washington, D.C., opened fire at Secret Service officers near a crowded intersection, and shot an innocent bystander who was simply crossing the street with his family,” Pirro said.
“My office will pursue the most serious charges available against anyone who brings gun violence to our streets, particularly when that violence unfolds steps from the seat of our government and the path of the Vice President of the United States,” she said.
Texas Man Charged in Shooting at Secret Service Agent Near the Washington Monument on the National Mall
“We will prove this defendant carried an illegal firearm into the heart of Washington, D.C., opened fire at Secret Service officers near a crowded intersection, and shot an…pic.twitter.com/r8xl8z6LfR
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept)May 6, 2026
Anaffidavitfiled by a Secret Service agent said a plainclothes agent spotted Marx walking along the sidewalk and believed he was “appearing to conceal a firearm on the right side of his body.”
The affidavit noted that Vance’s motorcade happened to be passing through an intersection as the incident unfolded and that Marx appeared to be walking along the route the motorcade would take.
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