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MARGARET WARNER (Newshour): President and Mrs. Obama were thousands of miles away in San Diego last Friday night when shots rang out on historic Constitution Avenue just south of the White House.
But it wasn't until Tuesday that the Secret Service discovered two bullets had actually hit the White House. The exact location wasn't confirmed, but yesterday workers were on the second-story Truman Balcony examining a window of the president's living quarters. The bullet was stopped by ballistic glass.
Investigators now say they believe the shots were fired from about 750 yards away by a gunman in a car on Constitution Avenue between the White House and the Washington Monument. Shortly after the shooting, police found a car abandoned a few blocks away. An AK-47-style assault rifle and empty shell casings were inside.
By Sunday, they had linked the car to Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a 21-year-old man from Idaho. U.S. Park Police issued a warrant for his arrest on a charge of carrying a deadly weapon.
SGT. DAVID SCHLOSSER, U.S. Park police: This is a man who discharged a rifle in downtown D.C. I think that speaks volumes.
MARGARET WARNER: Just hours before the shooting, acting on a report of suspicious behavior, police in nearby Arlington, Va., had detained Ortega-Hernandez near this abandoned house. They held him briefly, photographed him, then let him go.
After a nationwide manhunt, employees at this hotel near Indiana, Pa., yesterday thought they recognized the man in the photos.
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