You’re right: “The man approached the fence line, removed a concealed handgun and fired several rounds, none of which appear to have been aimed at the White House, a Secret Service spokesperson said.
A law enforcement source told CNN the shooter shot his phone before shooting himself. No suicide note was found, but incoherent sentences were found in a book recovered on the scene, the source said.”
Here is the linky to that story about the suicide/murder victim shooting his phone in front of the White House before shooting himself.
That story might be one we need to be able to document at a later date, and there is risk it could disappear into the memory hole.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/white-house-shots-fired/index.html
“Washington, DC, police have identified a man who shot himself in the head in front of the White House at just before noon Saturday as 26-year-old Cameron Ross Burgess of Maylene, Alabama.
“At approximately 11:46 am, Burgess approached the vicinity of the North White House fence line and removed a concealed handgun and fired several rounds, none of which appear at this time to have been directed towards the White House,” the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement Sunday.
A law enforcement source told CNN the shooter shot his phone before shooting himself. No suicide note was found, but incoherent sentences were found in a book recovered on the scene, the source said.
The man died from his injuries; no one else was hurt in the incident, a Secret Service spokesperson said.”
What was the title of the book the WH suicide guy had?