Secret Service: White House Shooting Suspect Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez In Custody

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Acting on information generated by agents in the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office, a Pennsylvania police officer arrested Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez at a hotel near Indiana, Pennsylvania, the agency said Wednesday.

Ortega-Hernandez was taken into custody around 12:35 p.m. and is currently in the custody of state police. Authorities believe he is the individual who fired two bullets at the White House on Friday night.

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