{"id":314311,"date":"2026-05-29T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314311\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:15:07","slug":"texas-man-indicted-in-shooting-near-washington-monument-that-wounded-teen-bystander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314311\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man indicted in shooting near Washington Monument that wounded teen bystander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON  (7News) \u2014 A Texas man has been formally indicted on charges following the <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/northwest-dc-secret-service-15th-street-madison-northwest-police?teaserSource=trending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 4 shooting <\/a>involving Secret Service near the Washington Monument, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/topic\/Michael%20Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Marx<\/a>, 45, of Midland, is accused of opening fire on Secret Service officers and shooting a teen who was a bystander at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Marx is charged with \u201cassaulting certain officers using a dangerous weapon\u201d and using a firearm during a crime of violence, according to Pirro.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/texas-man-facing-charges-shootout-secret-service-washington-monument-national-mall-michael-marx-jeanine-pirro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas man charged after shootout with Secret Service near Washington Monument<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the day of the shooting, officials said a Secret Service agent working in plain clothes spotted Marx near the <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/topic\/Washington%20Monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Monument <\/a>and believed he appeared to be concealing a gun. The agent called for backup as the vice president\u2019s motorcade was traveling along the same path.<\/p>\n<p>As officers approached, Marx walked toward a group of civilians. When officers tried commanding him to stop, Marx pulled a firearm from his waistband while running toward bystanders, officials said. He then fired at one of the officers, but a civilian teen standing behind the officer was shot in his leg.<\/p>\n<p>Officers returned fire, striking Marx in the hand, left arm and upper abdomen. He collapsed and was given aid.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/newsletter-daily\/investigation-continues-shooting-white-house-access-checkpoint-secret-service-nasire-best-security-washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Investigation continues into shooting near White House access checkpoint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marx was identified through a Texas driver\u2019s license found on him, officials said. Law enforcement also identified aliases including Patrick Michael and Michael Zavici.<\/p>\n<p>Marx was transported to George Washington University Hospital. While in the hospital, he allegedly made statements to officers including \u201cF&#8212; the White House\u201d and \u201cKill me, kill me, kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators recovered a Sig Sauer P365 handgun loaded with 9mm ammunition from the area where Marx fell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (7News) \u2014 A Texas man has been formally indicted on charges following the May 4 shooting involving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-314311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}