Two Washington, DC area teenagers are in jail after being arrested on charges related to torturing an autistic boy.
Lauren Bush, 17 and a 15-year-old girl recorded their assaults against the 16-year-old victim. In addition to forcing him to perform various personal indignities, they stabbed him multiple times and dragged him around by his hair.
They also forced the victim to walk across a partially frozen pond where he fell through the ice multiple times. The suspects refused to help the boy out of the frigid water and laughed as he struggled to get back onto the ice surface.
Bush is being charged as an adult. Both defendants are facing charges of 1st degree assault, 2nd degree assault, production of child pornography and false imprisonment.
Bush and her co-conspirator have not told police why they committed the acts against the boy.
The District of Columbia announced the beginning of sales for a pro-life license plate.
The plate, saying “Choose Life,” was made available for purchase on Wednesday.
The Children First Foundation submitted the proposal for the plate during the summer. The group told the Christian Post the DMV told them to expect a six to eight week delay before the plate could be manufactured.
Children First Foundation President Elizabeth Rex said that the plate is something that people could join even if they support abortion.
“Adoption is a pro-life choice that all Americans can support. It’s a very important choice for women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy or an unwanted pregnancy or even an unwanted newborn,” said Rex.
The foundation has been successful in making a “Choose Life” plate available in other states including New York and New Jersey.
The suspect in the high-speed chase between the White House and the Capitol Building was identified Friday by a law enforcement source as a dental hygienist from Connecticut with a history of mental issues.
The source identified the woman as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford, Conn. Carey tried to plow her car into a barricade at the White House, then led cops on a high-speed chase before being shot dead near the Capitol, according to reports.
Other reports suggest that she had a history of mental health issues.
Carey’s apartment in Stamford was swarmed by the FBI and various law-enforcement agencies Thursday evening, with helicopters circling and a bomb squad ready, as they awaited a warrant to search the premises.
Source: FOX News – FOX News: Connecticut woman killed after Capitol Hill chase reportedly had mental health issues
A woman suspected of being involved in a car chase across central Washington was shot and killed by police outside the U.S. Capitol building on Thursday, a U.S. official said.
The incident, which sparked a lockdown of Congress, began when the woman tried to ram through security barricades outside the White House.
The official said a Capitol policeman was injured when the car driven by the suspect crashed outside the Capitol.
Source: Reuters – Reuters: Female suspect in U.S. Capitol shooting killed by police -U.S. Official
A law enforcement source says a young child was found in the car of a woman who tried to ram a security barrier near the White House before she was shot on Thursday afternoon, CBS affiliate WUSA reports.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine told reporters the woman was in “very, very bad shape.”
“We have no information that this was related to terrorism or that this was anything other than an isolated incident,” said Dine.
Dine said one police officer was “struck in his squad car” and “appears to be conscious and breathing.”
Source: CBS News – CBS News: U.S. Capitol Shooting: Child found in car of woman who tried to ram barrier near White House, report says
The lockdown has been lifted at U.S. Capitol following reports of shots fired outside the building.
The lockdown was put in place around 2:20 p.m. and was lifted just before 3 p.m. Thursday.
CBS News’ Bob Orr reported the incident began at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue after a car apparently tried to ram gate at the White House. The driver then fled toward Capitol, Orr reported.
The female driver of the vehicle was shot and wounded, Orr reported.
Source: CBS New York – CBS New York: Lockdown Lifted At U.S. Capitol Following Report Of Shots Fired
An attempt to ram the White House gates ended with shots fired, U.S. senators put under lockdown in the Capitol, and a female suspect dead, sources told ABC News.
A police officer was also reported shot, sources said.
Secret Service pursued a suspect from the White House to the Capitol. One agent in a marked Secret Service vehichle was injured when the car in which he was chasing the suspect was upended by an electronic barricade by the Capitol as it rose out of the ground.
Lawmakers reported hearing three pops that sounded like gunfire.
“We heard pops that sounded like shots,” said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.
Source: ABC News – ABC News: Attempt to Ram White House Gate Ends With Female Suspect Dead
The U.S. Capitol building is on lockdown following reports of shots fired nearby.
WNEW’s Kevin Rincon reports that Capitol police rushed the building and a bomb squad is present. Fire trucks are blocking Constitution Avenue and 1st Street and the area is swamped with police cruisers.
There are unconfirmed reports that one police officer has been injured, according to the Associated Press.
People standing outside the Supreme Court across the street from Congress were hurried into the court building by authorities.
Source: CBS DC – CBS DC: Capitol On Lockdown After Shots Fired
The United States Capitol was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon following reports of shots fired in the vicinity of the chamber. At least one Capitol Police officer was injured.
The FBI was responding to the unconfirmed reports of shots, and a helicopter landed in front of the Capitol. A message from the Capitol Police ordered anyone in a House office to “shelter in place.”
“Close, lock and stay away from external doors and windows,” the message said.
The House recessed, and the Senate went into a quorum call — dispensing momentarily with its official business — shortly thereafter.
Source: NBC News – NBC News: U.S. Capitol placed on lockdown
President Obama and leaders of both houses of Congress left a 90-minute meeting at the White House this evening no more closer to ending a government shutdown.
Neither side gave any indication that the talks, however cordial, moved them toward a compromise.
“They will not negotiate,” House Speaker John Boehner told reporters after leaving the West Wing. “We had a nice conversation, a light conversation, but at some point we’ve got to allow the process the Congress gave us to work out.”
Boehner insists that Democrats in the Senate send negotiators to a conference with House Republicans to work out the differences between the two sides on the budget.
Source: ABC News – ABC News: No Shutdown Deal in Sight After White House Meeting