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White House Shooting

NPR

Published February 7, 2001 at 12:00 AM EST

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Police and Secret Service agents today wounded and disarmed a 47-year-old Indiana man who reportedly brandished a gun outside the gates of the White House. Robert Pickett of Evansville, Indiana, was taken into custody and treated for a gunshot wound to the thigh at nearby George Washington University hospital. NPR's Pam Fessler has more from the White House.