Texas Man Charged After Shooting Near Washington Monument

Federal prosecutors charged Michael Marx, 45, with assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and felony firearm possession after a Monday shooting near the Washington Monument.

Plainclothes Secret Service agents reported Marx concealing a firearm near the White House complex and uniformed agents approached him along Vice President J.D. Vance's motorcade route, court documents say.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office will pursue the most serious charges available, and Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said the juvenile bystander’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, officials said.

Officers returned fire, striking Marx in the abdomen, a hand and his left arm, and a teenage bystander was shot in the leg and later released from a hospital, court records say.

Investigators recovered a Sig Sauer P365 loaded with 9mm ammunition near where Marx fell and online court records did not list a lawyer for Marx, officials said.