What the records say
- When
- 1 Mar 1954
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.53° N, 77.00° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1954 United States Capitol shooting.
Summary
U.S. Capitol shooting incident: Four Puerto Rican nationalists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound 5; they are apprehended by security guards.
1954 United States Capitol shooting
Attack by Puerto Rican nationalists
On March 1, 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists, seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States, attacked the United States Capitol. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Representatives chamber within the United States Capitol.
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