Anyone else see this?

I've seen several articles on random shootings at federal sites near DC. It does seem very strange, but at least no one is getting hurt.

I hope they catch the shooter.
 
There was some concern about it for the Marine Corp Marathon....no problems as far as I know though.
 
I remember when a male First Lieutenant stopped to open a door for a female Captain going into the headquarters building at Kessler. He got reamed out for about five minutes for not saluting prior to opening the door. Sometimes it is a little stupid. The NCOs all scattered and made them self scarce showing the real intelligence of all NCOs.:shake:
 
So somebody is just shooting at military buildings, with no intention to kill? Strange. I mean its good that they don’t want to hurt anybody though.
 
They believe that it is someone that is disgruntled with the Marines and this is their way to show their anger.
 
They shot at a Coast Guard recruiting station in Woodbridge, VA yesterday as well.

No one was hurt.
 
Update - http://www.military.com/news/articl...pentagon-marine-museum.html?col=1186032320397

Man Linked to Shootings at Pentagon, Marine Museum

June 23, 2011
Associated Press|by Matthew Barakat and Eric Tucker

Ballistics evidence appears to link Yonathan Melaku, 22, to the shootings, one official said. The two officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Melaku, of Alexandria, Va., is being held without bail on unrelated larceny charges involving car break-ins that happened after the shootings. He has not been charged in last week's incident or the building shootings.

Melaku, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ethiopia, was detained Friday after he was spotted carrying a suspicious backpack near the Pentagon containing what initially was feared to be bomb-making material. Authorities later said the suspicious items were not explosive.

Melaku also had a notebook with the words "al-Qaida" and "Taliban Rules" written inside, one of the officials has said. The context of the words was not immediately clear, but another law enforcement official has said Melaku is not believed to have any links to al-Qaida or any other terrorist organization.

He was detained for trespassing after being found after-hours inside Arlington National Cemetery.

The shootings last year, all done with the same gun, did not injure anyone.

The Marine Corps museum was targeted twice. Two windows were shot out at the Pentagon, and a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., outside Washington was also targeted.
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There's more to the story. He's a Marine.

WASHINGTON – A Marine reservist who was detained during a security scare near the Pentagon last week has been linked to the shootings last year at the Marine Corps museum in Quantico and several D.C.-area military recruitment stations, officials said Wednesday.
Ballistics evidence appears to link Yonathan Melaku, 22, to the shootings, one official said. The two officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Melaku, of Alexandria, Va., is being held without bail on unrelated larceny charges involving car break-ins that happened after the shootings. He has not been charged in last week's incident or the building shootings.
Melaku, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ethiopia, was detained Friday after he was spotted carrying a suspicious backpack near the Pentagon containing what initially was feared to be bomb-making material. Authorities later said the suspicious items were not explosive
Melaku also had a notebook with the words "al-Qaida" and "Taliban Rules" written inside, one of the officials has said. The context of the words was not immediately clear, but another law enforcement official has said Melaku is not believed to have any links to al-Qaida or any other terrorist organization.
The shootings last year, all done with the same gun, did not injure anyone. The Marine Corps museum was targeted twice. Two windows were shot out at the Pentagon, and a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., outside Washington was also targeted.
At the time, FBI officials suspected that the shooter had some sort of gripe against the Marine Corps.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in the eastern District of Virginia, declined comment except to say that Melaku remains under investigation following last week's incident. FBI spokesman Andrew Ames also declined comment.
Melaku has a status hearing Thursday in Loudoun County, Va., on the grand larceny charges that accuse him in a spate of car break-ins and vandalism in Leesburg. He was arraigned in early June, and released on bail. After the Pentagon scare, more charges were added and he was held without bail.
The shootings started Oct. 17 at National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, about 30 miles south of Washington. Days later, the Pentagon was hit. Then, the shooter targeted a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly before again firing on the museum. The fifth shooting was discovered at a Coast Guard recruiting station near a sprawling outlet mall in Woodbridge. The buildings were within 40 miles of each other.
Melaku joined the Marine Corps Reserve in September 2007 and was assigned as a motor vehicle operator to a unit based in Baltimore. He was not deployed overseas.
Spokesman Lt. Col. Francis Piccoli said Wednesday the Marine Corps was in the process of trying to remove him from the service based on the grand larceny charges. Melaku has not tried to contest his removal, Piccoli said.
Melaku's attorney, Robert May, did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.
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Yep. Every Marine a rifleman.

Carlos Hathcock
Charles Whitman
Lee Oswald
 
"Taliban Rules" Hahaha, like a 7th grader "The Raiders RULE"....

Windows can't be shot out at the Pentagon...if you've ever seen them. Weird, the Coast Guard recruiting station is not longer mentioned...I'm guessing that wasn't mentioned by Marine Corps public affairs when they got the call...

Shhhhhh..... don't mention his religion. I guess he wasn't one of "The Proud".

Glad they got him.
 
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