By Jesse Liebman --
March 5, 2010
The D.C. Medical Examiner's Office says the supposed shooter
at the Pentagon has died.
Beverly Fields, chief of staff of the D.C. medical
examiner's office, said the body of 36-year-old John Patrick Bedell arrived at
the medical examiner's office shortly after midnight.
Bedell was shot by two Pentagon police officers after authorities say he drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into a Pentagon subway entrance.
Police Chief Richard Keevil said Bedell was carrying two 9 millimeter semiautomatic weapons and several magazines of ammunition. The exchange of fire lasted less than a minute, Keevil said, adding that Bedell had no connection to terrorism.
"There is no indication at this point that there are any
domestic or international terrorist connections at all," Keevil said.
The two police officers received bullet wounds but were not seriously hurt. They have both been released from a local hospital.
