What the records say
- When
- 2011
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 0
- Coordinates
- 38.89° N, 77.04° W
- Description
- assassination attempt on former President Barack Obama 2011
- Injured
- 0
2011 White House shooting
Assassination attempt on President Barack Obama, 2011
On November 11, 2011, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an unemployed 21-year-old man, fired multiple shots at the White House using a semi-automatic rifle. At least seven bullets hit the second floor. Neither President Barack Obama nor First Lady Michelle Obama were home at the time; the president was not in Washington, D.C., having been on a trip abroad.
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