8 Indicted in Planned Sniper Attack on White House Life Event
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The Secret Service was created after a president was assassinated!
Pres. McKinley's 1901 assassination led Congress to formally task the Secret Service with protecting the president. Learn more at Wikipedia
In 2011, bullets hit the White House — undetected for 4 days!
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired an AK-47 at the White House from ~750 yards away. Two bullets struck the building; one lodged near a window of the First Family's residence before anyone noticed.
In 1994, Francisco Duran fired 29 shots at the White House fence.
Duran was tackled by bystanders before Secret Service arrived. Convicted in 1995 of attempting to assassinate President Clinton, he was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.
The White House has been targeted in violent plots before.
In 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Oscar Collazo & Griselio Torresola stormed Blair House in a coordinated attack to kill President Truman. One officer died. Truman was napping upstairs and was unharmed.
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Plotting to kill U.S. officials carries up to life in prison.
Federal conspiracy to murder charges under 18 U.S.C. § 1117 can result in life sentences. The 8 indicted face multiple serious federal charges. Learn more at Wikipedia
