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...critical condition late this afternoon.) But the Park Police, who defended the shooting, released a videotape of the confrontation's final moments, basically affirming the accounts of eyewitnesses. A spokesman denied the police were more likely to fire because of two recent shootings at the mansion -- when Francisco Martin Duran allegedly sprayed it with semiautomatic gunfire Oct. 29 and last weekend, when someone apparently fired toward the White House from the nearby Ellipse. "I don't think they were more quick to fire
...short of the apparent target and were discovered outside. There are still no leads on the identity of the gunman. The First Family slept through Saturday night's attack, but this third breach of White House security, after a plane crashed into the building earlier this fall and Francisco Duran later allegedly peppered the house with gunshots, raises new questions about president's safety.Post your opinion on theCrimebulletin board...
When Francisco Duran sprayed the White House with bullets on October 29 he may have been taking aim at a gray-haired, red-faced man on the grounds who, from a distance resembles President Clinton, law enforcement officials told the Associated Press today. The presence of Dennis Basso, 40 -- a fund-raiser for Hugh Rodham's ill-fated Florida Senate campaign -- is one of the reasons prosecutors are charging Duran with assassination, the official said, instead of treating the incident as the work of a madman. Duran's lawyer has maintained that "the 27 rounds were fired toward a building...
...grand jury today went ahead and chargedFrancisco Martin Duran, the Colorado man accused of spraying the White House with bullets Oct. 29, with trying to assassinate President Clinton. U.S. Attorney Eric Holder said prosecutors would argue Duran -- who could face life in prison -- intended to kill the president when he allegedly fired 29 rounds at the mansion, where Clinton was watching TV. Duran pleaded not guilty to the 11-count indictment, which included charges of assaulting Secret Service agents, destroying federal property and illegal weapons possession. Duran, 26, was found competent to stand trial after a note was found hinting...
Francisco Martin Duran, the Colorado man accused of opening fire on the White House with a semiautomatic rifle, was ordered held without bail and charged with four felonies that could result in 35 years behind bars. Prosecutors indicated they were studying notes seized from Duran, as well as the statements of acquaintances, to determine whether or not the charges should be upgraded to an attempted assassination of the President. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announced that the review of White House security begun after the September plane incident would be intensified...