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When the initial report of the Pentagon shooting from ABC appeared, it noted that one of the officers heard the shooter utter something: Police said that he may have uttered something before opening fire, but what he said was unclear. Most reports now simply state he did not say a word. Why the change? What might he have said? A Twitter post revealed that John Patrick Bedell had an account on SourceForge containing “Jihad code.” Looking at the account of jpbedell – he used the Arabic term “inshallah” or “God willing,” using Arabic font – “إن شاء الله” – on...

WASHINGTON — A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon on Thursday in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was fatally shot. The two officers suffered grazing wounds and were being treated in a hospital, said Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police. The shooter, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of California, died hours after being admitted to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. They had no motive for the shooting. There were signs, however, that Bedell may have harbored resentment for the...