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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

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

Ryan J. Reilly | November 16, 2011, 2:08PM

The White House

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.