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Gunman Targets Conservative Christian Lobbying Group Security Guard
An armed man walked into the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group Wednesday morning and was confronted by a security guard, whom he shot in the arm before being wrestled to the ground, authorities said.
It wasn’t immediately known whether the confrontation was related to the work of the Family Research Council, which strongly opposes gay marriage and abortion.
The man was taken into custody by the FBI and was being interviewed. Authorities haven’t released his name.
“We don’t know enough yet about him … or mentally what he’s thinking,” said James McJunkin, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office.
The guard, who was an employee of the FRC, was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
“Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today,” the group’s president, Tony Perkins, said in a statement.
