Posted on 09/10/2025 2:29:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
FBi investigating shooting at conservative lobbying group.
A gunman opened fire on a security guard at the Washington D.C., headquarters of a conservative Christian organization only to be tackled and subdued by the guard whom he had just shot in the arm, authorities said.
The suspect, identified by law enforcement sources as Floyd Corkins of Herndon, Va., is alleged to have entered the offices of The Family Research Council and yelled at the guard about the organization's policies.
The shooter soon fired a handgun at the guard at around 10:50 a.m. ET.
Corkins, who himself was not shot, was subdued by the injured guard and others, officials said. Police arrested him and authorities said he was being interviewed by the FBI.
Corkins was a volunteer at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, a community center in Washington for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, where the Associated Press reported the 28-year-old often worked at the front desk.
"I was shocked to hear that someone who has volunteered with the DC Center could be the cause of such a tragic act of violence," the center's executive director, David Mariner, said in a statement released to ABC News. "No matter the circumstances, we condemn such violence in the strongest terms possible. We hope for a full and speedy recovery for the victim and our thoughts are with him and his family."
The security guard, identified by the AP as Leo Johnson, was taken to a nearby hospital.
"The security guard here is a hero, as far as I'm concerned," said Metro Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier. "He did his job. The person never made it past the front."
Later in the afternoon, authorities widened the security perimeter around the building when a suspicious package was discovered. They were also searching
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I intend to buy Eric Trump’s book, Under Siege.
Sorry. I couldn’t help but think if this today.
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