A man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought Barack...

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A man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought
Barack Obama was the Antichrist, according to court documents and those who knew him.
At one point, he even told an acquaintance the president was planning to implant computer tracking
chips into children.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, was charged with attempting to assassinate the president or
his staff. He is accused of firing nine rounds at the White House last Friday night, one of which
cracked a window of the first family's living quarters when Obama and the first lady were away.
There was no confirmation on whether Obama's daughters were in the building at the time.
Ortega, who faces life in prison if he is convicted, was arrested on Wednesday at a western
Pennsylvania hotel when a desk clerk there recognised him and called police.
His mother has said he has no history of mental illness, though when authorities were looking for
him, they reported he had "mental health issues".
In Ortega's hometown of Idaho Falls, a computer consultant said the two met on 8 July after Ortega
asked for help editing a 30-minute infomercial.
Monte McCall said that during the meeting at the Mexican restaurant belonging to Ortega's family,
Ortega pulled out worn sheets of yellow paper with handwritten notes and started to talk about his
predictions that the world would end in 2012.
McCall said Ortega told him: "Well, you know the president is getting ready to make an
announcement that they're going to put GPS chips in all the children, so they're safe ... That's just
what the Antichrist is going to do to mark everybody."
Authorities are studying Ortega's mental health. One official said there were indications that he
believed attacking the White House was part of a personal mission from God.
There were also indications that the man had become obsessed with Barack Obama and the White
House, two other officials said.
The president and his wife were in California without their daughters, Malia and Sasha, at the time
of the incident. The White House had no immediate comment on the shooting or who may have been
in the building at the time.
This is not the first time the White House has come under attack. In the past 40 years, the landmark
has faced threats ranging from a stolen helicopter that landed on the grounds in 1974 to a man who
wielded a sawn-off shotgun on a pavement outside in 1984.
In 1994, there were five threats including a plane crash on the lawn and a suspected drive-by
shooting. Another man fired at least 29 rounds from a semi-automatic weapon, with 11 of them

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Kimberly Allen, the mother of Ortega's former fiancee, said he had been well-mannered and kind in
the four years she had known him. But he recently began making statements to her daughter that
were out of character, including that he believed he was Jesus. Allen said the family was worried
when he went to Utah recently, where he said he had business, and didn't come back. Ortega's
family reported him missing on 31 October. 31.
Allen said they were flabbergasted to hear he was wanted in Washington.
"I believe that the boy needs help," said Allen.
Her daughter, Jessica Galbraith, was engaged to Ortega and is the mother of their 2-year-old son.
She declined to comment Thursday except to say: "I love him, and I'm here for him."
It was unclear why or when they split.
Reached by the AP on Thursday, Ortega's mother said she didn't have anything to say. She earlier
told the Post Register in Idaho Falls her son has no history of mental illness.
"He has different ideas than other people, just like everyone, but he was perfectly fine the last time I
saw him," Maria Hernandez told the newspaper. "He might be saying weird stuff that sounds crazy,
but that doesn't mean (he) is crazy. He might be confused and scared."
At his first appearance in court in Pennsylvania, Ortega sat quietly, his hands free but his feet
shackled. He said only, "Yes, ma'am" when he was asked if he understood that he would be going
back to Washington to face the charge.
According to a court document released after the hearing, authorities recovered nine spent shell
casings from Ortega's car, which was found abandoned near the White House shortly after the
shooting. An assault rifle with a scope was found inside.
A person who knows him subsequently told investigators that he had become increasingly agitated
with the federal government and was convinced it was conspiring against him, the document said.
Others told investigators that Ortega had reportedly said Obama was the Antichrist and the "devil."
Ortega also apparently said he "needed to kill" the president.
Authorities said Ortega was clad in black when he pulled his car within view of the White House on
Friday night, fired shots and then sped away. The White House has not said whether the Obamas'
daughters, Sasha and Malia, were there at the time or commented on the shooting.
Ortega was questioned by police on Friday morning, before the shootings, just across the Potomac
River from Washington in Arlington, Virginia. Police said they stopped him after a report of
suspicious behavior, but let him go after photographing him because they had no reason to make an
arrest.
Ortega has an arrest record in three states but has not been linked to any radical organizations, U.S.
Park Police have said.
This is not the first time the White House has come under attack.

3. In the last 40 years, the landmark has faced threats ranging from a stolen helicopter that landed on
the grounds in 1974 to a man who wielded a sawed-off shotgun on a sidewalk outside in 1984. In
1994 alone, there were five threats including a plane crash on the lawn and a suspected drive-by
shooting. Another man fired at least 29 rounds from a semiautomatic weapon, with 11 striking the
White House.
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who served on the presidential details for Obama and
President George W. Bush, said Friday's shooting would likely mean tighter security and
coordination.
A man was arrested
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