Oscar Ortega Hernandez: November 2011

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Oscar Ortega Hernandez: November 2011

Oscar Ortega Hernandez

Alleged White House Shooter Ortega-Hernandez To Oprah: 'I Am The Modern Day Jesus Christ'

Ryan J. Reilly | November 18, 2011, 11:22AM

Alleged White House shooter Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez made a 20-minute video intended for Oprah Winfrey in which he claimed he was the second coming of Jesus Christ.

"You see Oprah, there is still so much more that God needs for me to express to the world. It's not just a coincidence that I look like Jesus. I am the modern day Jesus Christ that you all have been waiting for," Ortega-Hernandez says in a video obtained by Idaho's KBOI news.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Guns, Oscar Ortega Hernandez, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, White House

Oscar Ortega Hernandez

Feds: Attempted Assassin Ortega-Hernandez Referred To Obama As 'The Anti-Christ'

Ryan J. Reilly | November 17, 2011, 3:21PM

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, the man arrested on Wednesday for allegedly firing bullets at the White House on Friday night, referred to President Barack Obama as "the anti-Christ" and told a witness he "needed to kill him," according to an FBI special agent.

Ortega-Hernandez has been charged with attempting to assassinate Obama, though the president was not in the White House at the time of the incident. He had metal baseball bat, brass knuckles, a Wal-Mart receipt and a black hooded Los Angeles Dodgers jacket in the car he abandoned after allegedly firing at least two shots at the White House.

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Secret Service Searched Occupy D.C. Camp For Person Who Shot At White House

Ryan J. Reilly | November 16, 2011, 6:00AM

Late update, Nov. 16, 2:11PM: The Secret Service announced the suspect was taken into custody in Pennsylvania.

The Secret Service searched Occupy D.C. on Monday for a man suspected of firing bullets at the White House on Friday, one of which was stopped by the building's ballistic glass.

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Protestor Ralph Wittenberg told TPM on Tuesday evening that authorities came through "searching for a so-called terrorist who shot at the White House, with no warrant, they went into everybody's tents."

A person handling media requests for Occupy DC confirmed the searches and said they were led by the Secret Service. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.